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Gorey, who straddled Taoism and Dadaism, irony and existentialist angst, made a career of defying dualisms, in the course of which he produced works that managed to be both marvelous and pointless, serious and frivolous.
The essence of Gorey
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
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“My favorite journey is looking out the window.”
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“A great library doesn't have to be big or beautiful. It doesn't have to have the best facilities or the most efficient staff or the most users. A great library provides. It is enmeshed in the life of a community in a way that makes it indispensable. A great library is one nobody notices because it is always there, and always has what people need.”
― Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
― Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
“I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.”
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“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.”
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Discussion, recommendations, and all-over appreciation for Britain's own myth maker, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. ...more
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A general sort of group for anyone at all who happens to live or has previously lived in the state of Hawaii.
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