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“No evil equals no plot equals no movie equals no money. Thus the paradox: while we convince ourselves we are good (or at least not depraved), our most powerful art form is built upon the revelation that this is a lie.”
― Meaning at the Movies: Becoming a Discerning Viewer
― Meaning at the Movies: Becoming a Discerning Viewer
“The consummation of a revelation is always dependent upon its genesis.”
― Meaning at the Movies: Becoming a Discerning Viewer
― Meaning at the Movies: Becoming a Discerning Viewer
“It’s so hard to balance in our minds the knowledge that ‘the world’ is mundanely ‘a planet.’ The former is so holy; the latter merely a science project.”
― Hey Nostradamus!
― Hey Nostradamus!
“To her, though, nothing could have been more serious, and she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write.”
― The Uncommon Reader
― The Uncommon Reader
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Jessica’s 2025 Year in Books
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