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Bosch is great because what he imagines in color can be translated into justice.

— Edward Dahlberg

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Nobody heard her tears; the heart is a fountain of weeping water which makes no noise in the world.

Because I Was Flesh (1963)

What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore.

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.

The greater part of your misogamy is venal; the other cause of your invective humbug is that you're a muggish homuncle who couldn't raise a flickering ember in a vagabond-laced mutton.

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