Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
a brave new world of persistent good fortune, joy without trouble, felicity with no penalty.
Eric G. Wilson • Against Happiness
The greatest tragedy is to live without tragedy.
Eric G. Wilson • Against Happiness
melancholy connects us to our fundamental being.
Eric G. Wilson • Against Happiness
he was who I wanted to be when I grew up. He’s one of the great nonfiction writers of our time, a genius of reportage and the profile, someone who could take any curious whim and turn it into a compelling book.
of me, but if I say so, understandable.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
An essayist, a novelist, a memoirist, a historian, a poet, a comedian, a narrative philosopher, a songwriter, a screenwriter — in the search to find the edges of language, the writer finds temptations to learn all the sub-mediums.
But we know our enemies by how foolishly they trample upon what we know as affection. How quickly they find another language for what they cannot translate as love.