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Henry Miller, from an interview with George Wicks in The Paris Review (1962)
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Charles Bukowski, Notes Of A Dirty Old Man
“as yet, I have seen nothing but this emotional and romantic yen for Revolution; I’ve seen no solid leader or no realistic platform to insure AGAINST the betrayal that has always, so far, followed.”
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Henry Miller on Writing
“I am against revolutions because they always involve a return to status quo. I am against the status quo both before and after revolutions. I don’t want to wear a black shirt or a red shirt. And I don’t want to salute like an automaton either. I prefer to shake hands when I meet someone [...]
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Julia Alvarez, In The Name of Salom
“Depending on the president, the pantheon of heros changes, one regime’s villain is the next one’s hero, until the word hero, like the word patria, begins to mean nothing.”
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Julia Alvarez, In The Name of Salom
“But I never heard the words Liberty Justice Equality come from the man’s lips, except in closing, as if these words were a napkin with which to wipe his mouth at the end of a greasy meal.”
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James Baldwin
“A victim who can articulate his own reality is no longer a victim; they are a threat.”
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William Gibson, Neuromancer
“There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. A point at which the violence may well escalate, but beyond which the terrorist has become symptomatic of the media gestalt itself. Terrorism as we ordinarily understand it is innately media-related. The Panther Moderns differ from other terrorists precisely in [...]
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