"The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture."

-- Louis L'Amour

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Keys Quotes

“Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.”

Source : Remy De Gourmont (1992). “The Angels of Perversity”
“What had survived - maybe all that had survived of Trism - was Liir's sense of him. A catalog of impressions that arose from time to time, unbidden and often upsetting. From the sandy smell of his sandy hair to the locked grip of his muscles as they had wrestled in sensuous aggression - unwelcome nostalgia. Trism lived in Liir's heart like a full suit of clothes in a wardrobe, dress habillards maybe, hollow and real at once. The involuntary memory of the best of Trism's glinting virtues sometimes kicked up unquietable spasms of longing.”
“The artist as businessman is uglier than the businessman as artist.”
“Eat when you're hungry. When you're not hungry, play with your food.”
“It seems like only the real good stuff comes to mind. I don't think of all the tragedies...”
“As you go along, you literally collect places. I'm fed up with going to places; I shan't go to anymore.”
“I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.”
“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”

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