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“Anyone who understood art knew that it never achieved what its maker dreamed for it. Art always fell short, and the artist, far from rescuing something from the disaster of life, was thereby condemned to be a double failure.”
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“It's just that in your case the consequences of not knowing any of this stuff are particularly terrible, but then, hey, that's just the way the cookie gets completely stomped on and obliterated.”
― Mostly Harmless
― Mostly Harmless
“Our job isn’t to turn our bulb down to make the person next to us more comfortable. Our job is to turn our bulb up and give the next person permission to do the same. Warren did that.”
― I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
― I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
“No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home in Weston-super-Mare”
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“It’s alright. It’s okay if it’s about your ego. Sometimes it’s got to be about your ego. Just know that it is.”
― I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
― I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
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