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“but it is also true, if this brings her any consolation, that if, before every action, we were to begin weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probably, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where our first thought brought us to a halt.”
― José Saramago
― José Saramago
“Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten
“I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.”
― Craig Claiborne
― Craig Claiborne
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
― John F. Kennedy
― John F. Kennedy
“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters
― John Waters
Brief Lives of Hideous Men (Biographies & Memoirs)
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My short obit/tribute to David Foster Wallace.
A Maybe Slightly More Realistic Rendition of "Bear Snores On" (Humor)
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updated Oct 17, 2009 07:07pm
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Apologies to Karma Wilson.
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