I had a theory; I’m not sure if it was my own but it worked for me. Public spaces, such as streets and subway stations, became inhabitable as I assigned them some value and imprinted an experience on them. If I recited a snatch of Paterson every time I walked along a certain avenue, eventually that avenue would sound like William Carlos Williams. The entrance to the subway at 116th Street was Emily Dickinson’s:Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn Indicative that suns go down; The notice to the startled grass That darkness is about to pass. . Valeria Luiselli
Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
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Charles Bukowski
Even in the loneliest momentsi have been therefor myself.
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Sanober Khan
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
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Dejan Stojanovic
You not only are hunted by others, you unknowingly hunt yourself.
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Dejan Stojanovic
From whichever side I start, I think I am in an old place where others have been before me.
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Dejan Stojanovic
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He fell into a solemn silence, which he only eventually broke to say, “I think I’ve become a terrible person. In fact, I’ve become a reptile. Do you know that reptiles are stupid because almost their entire brain capacity is used to feel fear?
I had a theory; I’m not sure if it was my own but it worked for me. Public spaces, such as streets and subway stations, became inhabitable as I assigned them some value and imprinted an experience on them. If I recited a snatch of...
