Sublime
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“The three stages of life: youth, middle age, and ‘You’re looking good, Mr. Keating.’”
Ann Patchett • Commonwealth: A Novel
I’m not interested in burning myself [out] by whole-assing stuff that will be fine if I half- or quarter-ass it. Being able to achieve maximum economy of ass is an important adult skill.’
Oliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
I don’t see humor as some sort of shrunken or deficient cousin of “real” writing. Being funny is about as deep and truthful as I can be. When I am really feeling life and being truthful, the resulting prose is comic. The world is comic. It’s not always funny but it is always comic. Comic, for me, means that there is always a shortfall between what
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"The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody," she said, "would be to not be used for anything by anybody."
Kurt Vonnegut • The Sirens of Titan: A Novel
Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of... See more
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‘Every honest man and woman is a juvenile, too,’ he said, ‘and the old humour is always at your elbow. Some people in life are just stars, and this geezer is responsible for some of the biggest laughs I’ve enjoyed in my life. I know that might sound like a small thing to say, but think about it.’