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“Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Dying for love might be pitiable, but it wasn't much different, finally, from any other kind of dying.”
― Cold Spring Harbor
― Cold Spring Harbor
“The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy, nor beds nor jobs nor laughs nor friends nor smiles nor money nor clean air to breathe...and yet the music goes on.”
― A Fraction of the Whole
― A Fraction of the Whole
“That's how we slide, and while we slide we blame the world's problems on colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, corporatism, stupid white men, and America, but there's no need to make a brand name of blame. Individual self-interest: that's the source of our descent, and it doesn't start in the boardrooms or the war rooms either. It starts in the home.”
― A Fraction of the Whole
― A Fraction of the Whole
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