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Roy’s 2024 Year in Books
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| Suddenly gets really good, just a few pages in. Don’t think I’ve connected so much with another writer since Kerouac. Maybe because they’re both spilling their souls and not worrying about making a mess. The Beat influence is clear enough, but this i ...more | |
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“If their rules made sense
and sense ruled—
If their laws weren’t so brok- en
I wouldn’t break ‘em.”
― Bacchus Against the Wall
and sense ruled—
If their laws weren’t so brok- en
I wouldn’t break ‘em.”
― Bacchus Against the Wall
“We let it slide,
turned our eyes inside-blind
when you made our little sister cry
burnt tears,
blood, we let it slide
when you held our brother
by the throat
until he choked
out
and died.
We let it slide
when we finally tried
to make a sound but
you had each other’s back
and lied.
We let it slide.
Even now
we let it slide.”
― Bacchus Against the Wall
turned our eyes inside-blind
when you made our little sister cry
burnt tears,
blood, we let it slide
when you held our brother
by the throat
until he choked
out
and died.
We let it slide
when we finally tried
to make a sound but
you had each other’s back
and lied.
We let it slide.
Even now
we let it slide.”
― Bacchus Against the Wall
“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.”
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“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“Travellers understand, instinctively and by experience, that travel and adventure change and elongate time, even while navigating the deadlines of airline and train departures.”
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