"What do any of us ever truly know?"

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Source : David Markson (1995). “Wittgenstein's mistress”, Dalkey Archive Pr

David Markson

“I was involved in the anti-war movement.”
“I can't swim but if my girlfriend was drowning, I'd still dive in to save her.”
“Whether you were Moslem, Christian, Druze, or Israeli, remember, God protect thee, that religious fanaticism for political goals or political fanaticism for religious purposes is the worst kind of fanaticism.”
“Darkness was and darkness was good. As with light. Light and Darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding, neither following, both fully being, in joyful rhythm.”
“The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.”
“The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.”
“But the reality is that we are a folk band.”
“I like to be who I am.”

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