“...what one ought to capture in beauty is that which is treacherous and irresistible...”
― War & War
― War & War
“Idling has always been my strong point.”
― Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
― Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“Hostility to art is also hostility to the new, to the unforeseen.”
― Notes on the Cinematographer
― Notes on the Cinematographer
“When one reads these strange pages of one long gone one feels that one is at one with one who once…”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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