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"First essay in new formatting! "On Presumption", 7/10. I enjoy that the further he gets into this, the more he turns inward (fewer historical examples). This one is about judging yourself accurately. A neat little rhetorical flourish towards the end about how if you think you might be insane, you're clearly not insane. He thinks he has a poor memory and grasps things slowly, but he holds onto them once he does." — May 29, 2026 01:35PM
"First essay in new formatting! "On Presumption", 7/10. I enjoy that the further he gets into this, the more he turns inward (fewer historical examples). This one is about judging yourself accurately. A neat little rhetorical flourish towards the end about how if you think you might be insane, you're clearly not insane. He thinks he has a poor memory and grasps things slowly, but he holds onto them once he does." — May 29, 2026 01:35PM
“That is why I came back. I was wrong in life, limited, shrank everything down to my size, and yet, in the end, there was something light-craving within me, which sent me back, and saved me.”
― In Persuasion Nation
― In Persuasion Nation
“There comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go.”
― In Persuasion Nation
― In Persuasion Nation
“Show your cock," she says, and dies again.”
― Pastoralia
― Pastoralia
“The red world And corresponding red breezes
Went on Geryon did not”
― Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
Went on Geryon did not”
― Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
“Maybe the God we see, the God who calls the daily shots, is merely a subGod. Maybe there’s a God above this subGod who’s busy for a few God minutes with something else, and will be right back; and when he gets back will take the subGod by the ear and say: Now look. Look at that fat man. What did he ever do to you? Wasn’t he humble enough? Didn’t he endure enough abuse for a thousand men? Weren’t the simplest tasks hard? Didn’t you sense him craving affection? Were you unaware that his days unraveled as one long bad dream? And maybe as the subGod slinks away, the true God will sweep me up in his arms, saying: My sincere apologies, a mistake has been made. Accept a new birth, as token of my esteem.”
― CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
― CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
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