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When the world as such cataclysmically manifests itself in the form of a disaster, how do we interpret or give meaning to the world?
“All divisions in religion arise from ignorance of grammar.”
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“Forty minutes later, I leaned back in my chair, and looked at the thousand or so pages of manuscript towering on my desk. It hit me. Holy cow. This author had total control over this book. Total. And it was one of seven. One. Of. Seven.”
― William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion
― William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion
“I don't believe you. You're a liar. Play it fucking loud!”
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“Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
“While the two words often arrive sutured together, I think it worthwhile to breathe some space between them, so that one might see “brutal honesty” not as a more forceful version of honesty itself, but as one possible use of honesty. One that doesn’t necessarily lay truth barer by dint of force, but that actually overlays something on top of it—something that can get in its way. That something is cruelty.”
― The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
― The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
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