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“It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.”

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A renowned Russian novelist and a pioneer of psychological novels. His works deeply reveal the complexity of human nature and the injustice of society, having a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

“All I wanted and all Neal wanted and all anybody wanted was some kind of penetration into the heart of things where, like in a womb, we could curl up and sleep the ecstatic sleep that Burroughs was experiencing with a good big mainline shot of M. and advertising executives in NY were experiencing with twelve Scotch & Sodas in Stouffers before they made the drunkard's train to Westchester---but without hangovers.”

Heart Kind Made Bigs Wanted Sleep Shots Train Advertising Executives Twelve Womb Ecstatic Curls Hangover Scotch Soda Drunkards Penetration Burroughs

Author:Jack Kerouac

“O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace: and God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy: As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enough besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.”

Source: Paradise Lost (Kastan Edition)

“I felt lethal, on the verge of frenzy. My nightly bloodlust overflowed into my days and I had to leave the city. My mask of sanity was a victim of impending slippage. This was the bone season for me and I needed a vacation.”

Felt Cities Needed Seasons Victim Bones Mask Sanity Vacation Verge Frenzy Bloodlust

Book:American Psycho: Picador Classic

Source: American Psycho: Picador Classic

“Men-kind shared this world for but a blink, then, sadly, they became enlightened, found science and religion. The new world of men left little room for magic or the magical creatures of old. Earth’s first children were driven into the shadows by flame and cold iron, by man’s insatiable need of conquest.”

“From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really did it properly, which New York is getting to little by little.”

Littles Stuff Bits Heard New York Little Bit Paris Bike Lanes Preps

Author:David Byrne

“Christians. They’re determined to rid the land of any who worship the Horned One. Murdering all the druids, burning the temples, sometimes whole villages, and knocking over the standing stones.” The Lady’s face hardened. “This god of peace and love certainly likes to bathe the land in blood.”

Love Sometimes Whole Age Christian Faces Blood Land Worship Standing Stones And Love Determined Likes Burning Temples Village Knocking Peace And Love Hardened Druids

Author:Brom

“All I know is a door into the dark”

Knows Dark Doors

Book:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

Source: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

“A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves”

Knows Men Mad

Book:The Secret Adversary (Diversion Classics)

Source: The Secret Adversary (Diversion Classics)

“It is good for a man to invite his ghosts into his warm interior, out of the wild night, into the firelight, out of the howling dark.”

Men Night Dark Warm Ghost Invites Interiors Wild Nights

Author:A. S. Byatt

“As everyone applauds and sips champagne, I smile back at Rachel, thinking she got it just right. Love and friendship. They are what makes us who we are and what can change us, if we let them.”

Ifs Thinking Who We Are Champagne Love And Friendship I Smile

Book:Something Blue: A Novel

Source: Something Blue: A Novel

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