"The pure playfulness of certain wholly whimsical portions of (Charles) Crosâ€™s work should not obscure the fact that at the center of some of his most beautiful poems a revolver is leveled straight at us."

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Andre Breton

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“Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me.”
“We're past the age of heroes and hero kings. ... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.”
“I have always wanted my colors to sing.”
“I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough.”
“Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton.”
“Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.”
“A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.”
“If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.”

Source : P. J. Plauger (1994). “Programming on purpose III: essays on software technology”, Prentice Hall

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