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But death comes for everyone, even without any wars. What difference does war make? – Imagine somebody who doesn’t have a memory, who can’t think of anything beyond what he sees, hears and feels…War doesn’t exist for him. He sees the hill,
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“While the two words often arrive sutured together, I think it worthwhile to breathe some space between them, so that one might see “brutal honesty” not as a more forceful version of honesty itself, but as one possible use of honesty. One that doesn’t necessarily lay truth barer by dint of force, but that actually overlays something on top of it—something that can get in its way. That something is cruelty.”
― The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
― The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
“Though Marcus' essay extends over 13 pages of small text, at its core is a very simple premise: Contemporary American fiction has lost its innovative edge and its interest in language as art, and Jonathan Franzen is largely, if not exclusively, to blame.”
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“Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
“All divisions in religion arise from ignorance of grammar.”
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“-- Buddhism needs its fucking Nietzsche --”
― The Easy Chain
― The Easy Chain
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