Quote of the day

[Magical Realist]

“One of the dear, dear things about getting older, is that it does eventually dawn on you that there is no guidebook. One day it suddenly emerges: No one bloody gets it! None of us knows what we're doing. Thing is, we all put a lot of effort into looking like we did get the guide, that of course we know how to do this caper called life. We put on a smile rather than tell friends we are desperately lonely. And we make loud, verbose claims at dinner parties to make everyone certain of our certainty. We're funny like that.”
― Sarah Wilson, First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety

[Magical Realist]

"Be ye in the world, but not of the world."

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[Magical Realist]

"For a time I tried a normal life-style, but all too soon I came to feel its sad consequences on my body and my soul, and I decided to start leading an unsensible life before it was too late..."
—Karl Kraus

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[Magical Realist]

"So man, who here seems principal alone,
Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown.
Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal,
‘Tis but a part we see, and not a whole."
—Alexander Pope

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[Magical Realist]

Virginia Woolf's new years resolutions : "To be free & kindly with myself...Sometimes to read, sometimes not to read. To go out yes—but stay at home in spite of being asked. As for clothes, to buy good ones."

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[Magical Realist]

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[Magical Realist]

“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”
― Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

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[Magical Realist]

“I must pack my short life full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do everything possible to broaden my experiences and allow myself to reach the fullest development. Then, and before physical deterioration obtrudes, I shall go on some last wilderness trip to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return.” ― Everett Ruess, Everett Ruess: A Vagabond for Beauty

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[Magical Realist]

"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe."----Frank Zappa (1940-1993)

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