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"I started Early - Took my Dog
Nice to see Emily's dog, Carlo making an appearance in one of her poems. Something about the idea of Emily and Carlo hanging out makes me feel good, as in it seems fitting her closest friend would of course be a dog. And I believe that the dog is the "He" in this poem, and that his "bowing" is how a dog who is playing hunkers down excitedly, perhaps as he barks at the sea." — Oct 14, 2019 06:30AM
"I started Early - Took my Dog
Nice to see Emily's dog, Carlo making an appearance in one of her poems. Something about the idea of Emily and Carlo hanging out makes me feel good, as in it seems fitting her closest friend would of course be a dog. And I believe that the dog is the "He" in this poem, and that his "bowing" is how a dog who is playing hunkers down excitedly, perhaps as he barks at the sea." — Oct 14, 2019 06:30AM
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"The drunker he gets the more he questions what is the physical attraction, the desire for sex, for physical love with Justine, or perhaps with anybody for that matter. He equates sex with drunkenness as he stumbles around the city's red-light district, a drug that everyone wants and needs and that drives everyone to mad extremes just to feel ... something." — Jul 06, 2019 01:59PM
"The drunker he gets the more he questions what is the physical attraction, the desire for sex, for physical love with Justine, or perhaps with anybody for that matter. He equates sex with drunkenness as he stumbles around the city's red-light district, a drug that everyone wants and needs and that drives everyone to mad extremes just to feel ... something." — Jul 06, 2019 01:59PM
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"He spends so much time working that he has no time to pursue reading or any other artistic endeavors, just like most hard working people.
He is proud that he knows the cost of his home and has built every meter of it, and he bemoans ornament and over decoration, but most people are willing to pay a convenience to not be bothered with more labor than they can bear. Better to pay rent and have company than be isolated" — Jun 23, 2019 02:06PM
"He spends so much time working that he has no time to pursue reading or any other artistic endeavors, just like most hard working people.
He is proud that he knows the cost of his home and has built every meter of it, and he bemoans ornament and over decoration, but most people are willing to pay a convenience to not be bothered with more labor than they can bear. Better to pay rent and have company than be isolated" — Jun 23, 2019 02:06PM
“And this book is - instead of my body,
And this word is - instead of my soul.”
― The Book of Sadness
And this word is - instead of my soul.”
― The Book of Sadness
“Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind.”
― Silence
― Silence
“Arrived at an age when others had already long been married and had children and held important positions, and were obliged to produce the best that was in them with all their energy, I still regarded myself as youthful, a beginner who faced immeasurable time, and I was hesitant about final decisions of any kind.”
― The World of Yesterday
― The World of Yesterday
“Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
“That summer I spent a whole month at the place, and every day I went to fish in the early morning, in the lake formed by the mouth of of the rivulet Kakarma where it joins the charming Insa. The hut, where Yevseyitsch lived, was built close to the water's edge, and each day as I approached the lake, I perceived the bent, white-haired old man leaning against the wall of his cottage, facing the rising sun; his withered hands clasped round a staff which he pressed against his breast; while his sightless eyes were raised towards the Eastern sky. He could not see the light, but he enjoyed the warmth, which comforted him in the chilly dawn; and his countenance was at once both serene and melancholy.”
― A Family Chronicle
― A Family Chronicle
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