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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
“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.”
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
“If I am ever put to death on the hook, expect a very human performance.”
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“People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations”
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“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”
― The Power of Myth
― The Power of Myth
“The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. (1945)”
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