American - Writer | 1927 - 2002
Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.
Mason Cooley
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Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.
TruthChallengeSimpleIronyEvery
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
SameSageEnlightenedVirtuous
While there's life, there's fear.
LifeFearWhile
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
ReputationBehindStateCurrentRuns
I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
MyselfI AmI Have LearnedKeepHow
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
FailureTruthHappyMeTellBooks
The real secrets are not the ones I tell.
SecretsRealTell
We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
MoreFaultsVirtuesThanOurTied
I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.
TimeCareTake CareLadySexSaid
Rereading, we find a new book.
BookFindNewNew Book
Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
MeUnjustSlothMakes
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