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Writing means revealing oneself to excess.


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Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.



Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.



Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.



Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.

Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.



I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.

I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.



It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.



I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.

I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.



I am free and that is why I am lost.

I am free and that is why I am lost.



I am a cage, in search of a bird.

I am a cage, in search of a bird.



People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.





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I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.



I've been working on something, just some jazz, relaxed stuff. It will be standard, just piano and voice. It started out as a fun project for me though, I'm still not sure about releasing it.

I've been working on something, just some jazz, relaxed stuff. It will be standard, just piano and voice. It started out as a fun project for me though, I'm still not sure about releasing it.



The Old Testament does, in fact, seem to make a distinction between the life of a child and the life of a fetus.

The Old Testament does, in fact, seem to make a distinction between the life of a child and the life of a fetus.



I set forth notions that are human and my own, simply as human notions considered in themselves, not as determined and decreed by heavenly ordinance.

I set forth notions that are human and my own, simply as human notions considered in themselves, not as determined and decreed by heavenly ordinance.



But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.

But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.



It looks tough for Palace when you see some of the results they've got coming up.

It looks tough for Palace when you see some of the results they've got coming up.



The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.




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