I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck. — Al Alvarez Believe Copy Share Image
“I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind… — Al Alvarez Death Copy Share Image
Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level. — Al Alvarez Despair Copy Share Image
“Suicide is, after all, the result of a choice. However impulsive the action and confused the motives, at the moment when a… — Al Álvarez Failure Copy Share Image
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over… — Al Alvarez Ability Copy Share Image
Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on… — Al Alvarez Basements Copy Share Image
I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. — Al Alvarez Mean Copy Share Image
But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes… — Al Alvarez About Copy Share Image
I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy… — Al Alvarez Book Copy Share Image
The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. — Al Alvarez About Copy Share Image
Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. — Al Alvarez Kind Copy Share Image
I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. — Al Alvarez About Copy Share Image
Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good… — Al Alvarez Aggression Copy Share Image
It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money. — Al Alvarez Easy Copy Share Image
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause… — Al Alvarez Argument Copy Share Image
The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. — Al Alvarez Casinos Copy Share Image
In [The New Poetry] I had attacked the British poets' nervous preference for gentility above all else, and their avoidance of the… — Al Alvarez Avoidance Copy Share Image
No man kills himself unless there is something wrong with his life. — Al Alvarez Death Copy Share Image
To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own,… — Al Alvarez Add Copy Share Image
Despite the hundreds of attempts, police terror and the concentration camps have proved to be more or less impossible subjects for the… — Al Alvarez Art Copy Share Image
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