he’s done his best. Only, in this world, simply doing your best isn’t good enough.”


“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it. And you had a lot of luck, he told himself, to have had such a good life. You've had just as good a life as grandfather's though not as long. You've had as good a life as any because of these last days. You do not want to complain when you have been so lucky. I wish there was some way to pass on what I've learned, though.”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
― For Whom the Bell Tolls

“And blood-black nothingness began to spin. A system of cells interlinked, within cells interlinked, within cells interlinked within one stem. And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played.”
― Pale Fire
― Pale Fire

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
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“This is the story of a man named Neil Fisk, and how he came to love God.”
― Stories of Your Life and Others
― Stories of Your Life and Others

“God said: GOD MADE YOU. GOD DOES NOT CARE IF YOU ARE "GUILTY" OR NOT. I said: I CARE IF I AM GUILTY! I CARE IF I AM GUILTY!... God was silent. Everything was SILENT.”
― Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
― Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
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