"Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anemia."

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Source : Basil Bunting (2016). “The Poems of Basil Bunting”, Faber & Faber

Basil Bunting

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“Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.”
“My life was over, finished, and Iâ€™d never seen Pearl Jam play live”
“Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.”
“I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people.”
“You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see, they die of shame. 'What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?' And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would save their lives. Thinking.”
“The deeds of men never escape the gods. [Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]”
“Touch her, and I'll freeze your testicles off and put them in a jar. Understand?”
“You've certainly mellowed out... you used to be fun, full of life and emotion. Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Pride. Of course, excessive want will destroy anyone, but those same desires are necessary to understand what it means to be human. Why did you rid yourself of them?”

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