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“The alchemy of time transforms everything into comedy. Everything. Even crucifixion.”

Time Suffering Comedy

Author:Josef Škvorecký

“I notice that the artists, if that is what they are, at the tables around, have noticed my Scandinavian. Their artist girlfriends have noticed her New York fashions. And I never cease to notice her beauty, sad, as all beauty is, because it is not eternal.”

Beauty Sorrow Jealousy Impermanence

Book:Engineer of Human Souls

Source: Engineer of Human Souls

“Whatever happens, we’ll all meet in that great card-index in the sky.”

God Religion Heaven Fate Morbid Humor

Book:Engineer of Human Souls

Source: Engineer of Human Souls