“We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?”
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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
