"It's very hard to write about that which is always beautiful and pleasant and good. You don't get anywhere with it. There's no friction in it. There's no trouble. You have to have trouble. Somebody's got to get in trouble, or no one wants to read it."

-- Paul Bowles

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“I was a dog on a short chain / and now there's no chain.”

Source : Jim Harrison, “Barking”
“Cold is our element and winter's air Brings voices as of lions coming down.”
“How worthy it is to remember former benefits when we come to beg for new.”

Source : Stephen Charnock (1874). “Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God”, p.277
“You have to look at the body of work you're doing and then figure out the best way for people to digest it. You want people to come in and listen to all of it and understand the entire project. I think it's bad when everyone's like, "This is how you have to do it."”

Source : "Interview: Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff Talk Upcoming Joint Tour and Share Their Favorite Albums of 2015". Interview with Edwin Ortiz, www.complex.com. June 10, 2015.
“Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense, is greater than the entire universe. Boredom is an expression of a profound despair at not finding anything that can satisfy the soul's boundless needs.”
“Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.”
“I always tell people that my music should speak to them... and that they shouldn't feel obligated to say why or how. All reactions are valid; the important thing is to have the experience.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.”

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