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“O hell, I'm sick of life - If I had any guts I'd drown myself in that tiresome water but that wouldn't be getting it over at all, I can just see the big transformations and plans jellying down there to curse us up in some other wretched suffering form eternities of it - I guess that's what the kid feels - She looks so sad down there wandering Ophelialike in bare feet among thunders.”
― Big Sur
― Big Sur

“in a sense, all poetry is positional: to try to express one's position in regard to the universe embraced by consciousness, is an immemorial urge. The arms of consciousness reach out and grope, and the longer they are the better. Tentacles, not wings, are Apollo's natural members.”
― Speak, Memory
― Speak, Memory

“Good Luck is rather particular who she drives with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart; at least that is my experience.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty

“I’m not sure. But – unless I’m struggling with the darkness within – I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is.”
― The Syrian Virgin
― The Syrian Virgin
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