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Advertisements are our secular prayers. And when our prayers aren’t...
– David Samuels, “Notes from Underground.” Harper’s Magazine, May 2000
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…I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems...
– Joan Didion, “Comrade Laski, C.P.U.S.A. (M.-L.).” Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
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There was a double bed, a mirror, a double bed in the mirror, a closet door with...
– Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov. 1955
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When I was a kid, there was someone in my family, an adult, and whenever I saw...
– “Christopher Walken: What I’ve Learned,” Esquire. May 2009
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It’s tough having heroes. It’s the hardest thing in the world,...
– Lester Bangs, “David Bowie: Station to Station.” Village Voice
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