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“the thing about books is, there are quite a number you don't have to read.”

— Donald Barthelme

“i ain't got the energy to argue. i'm an old man and i got to take a shit.”

— Johnny Shaw

“we remain children as long as we feel the urge to keep crossing this border and to learn.”

— Péter Nádas

“a man should always observe fanaticism when he gets the chance.”

— Charles Willeford

“most reviews are written by morons about morons. sensibility is at a premium in american culture these days.”

— Jim Dodge

“the enemy you flee is not exterior to yourself”

— John Barth

“a reformer is a man who sees the world's superficial ills and sets out to cure them by aggravating the more basic ills.”

— Fernando Pessoa

“make yourself invisible, or get busy with something.”

— Robert Walser

“fate is the ultimate preexisting condition.”

— Mark Leyner

“they are mystified by certain instances.”

— William Carlos Williams

“try to recall the person you thought you were and the moment you began to realize you are not that person, and try to…

— Padgett Powell

“if one could learn the most important things in life, one would still have to learn how to keep quiet about them.”

— Péter Nádas

“don't ever believe that kings were done with when the fathers of the country made a revolution.”

— B. Traven

“...our own barbaric civilization, in awe of the act of creation, does not respect creation at all.”

— Péter Nádas

“it would have been a rare thing anyhow for an official to come upon an idea that is not provided for in the regulations.”

— B. Traven