"To read Wilson.. is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated."

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Source : 1985 Of Edmund Wilson. In the New York Times, 28 Jul, reviewing David Castronovo Edmund Wilson (1984).

James Atlas

#Amusement Quotes #Wilson Quotes #Educated Quotes

“A clere conscience is a sure carde.”
“It was impossible to believe that someone did not want to be saved from their incoherence.”
“The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a testament to human endurance.”

Source : Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell (2014). “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“The guys I date always want to test my strength and wrestle around. By the end, they're drenched in sweat.”
“The biggest defeat in every department of life is to forget, especially the things that have done you in, and to die without realizing how far people can go in the way of crumminess. When the grave lies open before us, letâ€™s not try to be witty, but on the other hand, letâ€™s not forget, but make it our business to record the worst of the human viciousness weâ€™ve seen without changing one word. When thatâ€™s done, we can curl up our toes and sink into the pit. Thatâ€™s work enough for a lifetime.”

Source : "Journey to the End of the Night". Book by Louis-Ferdinand Celine, 1932.
“You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Dark Road to Darjeeling”, p.221, MIRA
“My dad was always fascinated and amused by Trump, so I learned to be fascinated and amused by Trump.”
“A Lesbian who consents to guilt for her sexual preference is her own worst oppressor. She accepts and internalizes prejudices and uses them against herself.”

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