But to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
...Don't rupture another's illusion unless you're positive the alternative you offer is more worthwhile than that from which you're wrenching them. Interrogate… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be a solipsist.” — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
I particularly scorn my fondness for paradox. I despise pessimism, narcissism, solipsism, truculence, word-play, and pusillanimity, my chiefer inclinations; loathe self-loathers ergo… — John Barth Copy Share Image
“A bird named Vlad the Impaler, who spent the bulk of his life hissing and looking at himself in a little mirror… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
People think that I've committed myself to idealism, to solipsism, or to doctrines of the cabala, because I've used them in my… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“And since today’s all there is for now, that’s everything. Who knows if I’ll be dead the day after tomorrow? If I’m… — Alberto Caeiro Copy Share Image
“He may actually have been existing in the past and approximating a conceivable future, which brought even the assumption of his immediate… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image