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“Speak against unconscious oppression,
Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative,
Speak against bonds.”
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Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative,
Speak against bonds.”
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“It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.”
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“Some people when they see cheese, chocolate or cake they don't think of calories.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words

“Genius' was a word loosely used by expatriot Americans in Paris and Rome, between the Versailles Peace treaty and the Depression, to cover all varieties of artistic, literary and musical experimentalism. A useful and readable history of the literary Thirties is Geniuses Together by Kay Boyle-Joyce, Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Pound, Eliot and the rest. They all became famous figures but too many of them developed defects of character-ambition, meanness, boastfulness, cowardice or inhumanity-that defrauded their early genius. Experimentalism is a quality alien to genius. It implies doubt, hope, uncertainty, the need for group reassurance; whereas genius works alone, in confidence of a foreknown result. Experiments are useful as a demonstration of how not to write, paint or compose if one's interest lies in durable rather than fashionable results; but since far more self-styled artists are interested in frissons 谩 la mode rather than in truth, it is foolish to protest. Experimentalism means variation on the theme of other people's uncertainties.”
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“Metaphors are tiny saviors leading the way out of sentimentality, small disciples of Pound, urging "Say it new! Say it new!" It's hard for emotion to feel flat if its language is suitably novel, to feel excessive if its rendering is suitably opaque. Metaphors translate emotion into surprising and sublime language, but they also help us deflect and diffuse the glare of revelation.”
― The Empathy Exams
― The Empathy Exams
“Life has pounded me down
and thrashed me around,
Time and time again,
But I always get right back up,
Because I still love life -
Just as the earth still loves
The rain.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
and thrashed me around,
Time and time again,
But I always get right back up,
Because I still love life -
Just as the earth still loves
The rain.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Love thou thy dream
All base love scorning,
Love thou the wind
And here take warning
That dreams alone can truly be,
For 'tis in dream I come to thee.
Ezra Pound, The Song
trad. Ungaretti:
Ama il tuo sogno
Ama il tuo sogno
Ogni inferiore amore disprezzando,
Il vento ama
Ed accorgiti qui
Che i sogni solo possono veramente essere,
Perci貌 in sogno a raggiungerti m鈥檃vvio.”
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All base love scorning,
Love thou the wind
And here take warning
That dreams alone can truly be,
For 'tis in dream I come to thee.
Ezra Pound, The Song
trad. Ungaretti:
Ama il tuo sogno
Ama il tuo sogno
Ogni inferiore amore disprezzando,
Il vento ama
Ed accorgiti qui
Che i sogni solo possono veramente essere,
Perci貌 in sogno a raggiungerti m鈥檃vvio.”
―

“Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.”
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“If you so much as hurt one hair on her head or leave one tiny crack in her heart, I will destroy you. The only thing you're allowed to do is pound her uterus into her ribs if she asks you to."
I blink. "Uh ... is that an American euphemism I don't know? It sounds painful.”
― My Big Fat Fake Honeymoon
I blink. "Uh ... is that an American euphemism I don't know? It sounds painful.”
― My Big Fat Fake Honeymoon

“If all that you鈥檙e doing is going off at the mouth, a pound of words won鈥檛 make an ounce of sense.”
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