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Like those Andy Warhol films of eight hours of the Empire State Building or of somebody sleeping, ordinary life viewed obsessively enough becomes interesting in its own right by some sort of neurological process that I don't hope to understand.
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Like those Andy Warhol films of eight hours of the Empire State Building or of somebody sleeping, ordinary life viewed obsessively enough becomes interesting in its own right by some sort of neurological process that I don't hope to understand.
It was a genuine opening, and also an experiment to test one or two of the hypotheses in the book.
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It was a genuine opening, and also an experiment to test one or two of the hypotheses in the book.
No drug has ever been more potent.
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No drug has ever been more potent.
What uniquely characterizes this fusion of the outer world of reality and the inner world of the psyche (which I have termed "inner space") is its redemptive and therapeutic power.
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What uniquely characterizes this fusion of the outer world of reality and the inner world of the psyche (which I have termed "inner space") is its redemptive and therapeutic power.
I am trying to, in a sense, unsettle and provoke.
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I am trying to, in a sense, unsettle and provoke.
But she is the last of the old-style Hollywood stars.
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
But she is the last of the old-style Hollywood stars.
The water was colder than I expected, but I was sure that the pool pump recirculated only the finest perfumes and aftershaves that Rodeo Drive could provide.
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The water was colder than I expected, but I was sure that the pool pump recirculated only the finest perfumes and aftershaves that Rodeo Drive could provide.
Everybody's going to be starring in their own porno films as an extension of the Polaroid camera.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Everybody's going to be starring in their own porno films as an extension of the Polaroid camera.
We trundled through endless immaculate suburbs of executive housing . . .There was a Mercedes or a BMW in every driveway, motorboats on their trailers, identical children identically dressed.
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We trundled through endless immaculate suburbs of executive housing . . .There was a Mercedes or a BMW in every driveway, motorboats on their trailers, identical children identically dressed.
The middle class is the new proletariat, clinging to antiquated notions such as the belief that education matters, just as the old working class believed in the sanctity of the job.
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The middle class is the new proletariat, clinging to antiquated notions such as the belief that education matters, just as the old working class believed in the sanctity of the job.
A politician's lies are the new truth.
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A politician's lies are the new truth.
In these conversations with Allain, she comes over as a larger and warmer figure, utterly devoted to Greene and clearly the light of his life.
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In these conversations with Allain, she comes over as a larger and warmer figure, utterly devoted to Greene and clearly the light of his life.
What is the real significance of Marilyn Monroe's death or of the Kennedy assassination?
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What is the real significance of Marilyn Monroe's death or of the Kennedy assassination?
Each breath you take is a celebration, with a special ceremony for the last breath.
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Each breath you take is a celebration, with a special ceremony for the last breath.
In fact the party was an illustrated episode from the book.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In fact the party was an illustrated episode from the book.
Aerodynamics is the modern sculpture of non-Euclidean space-time.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Aerodynamics is the modern sculpture of non-Euclidean space-time.
It was then that I . . . knew what it was to be an astronaut.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It was then that I . . . knew what it was to be an astronaut.
Touched by the magic of love, everything is transformed.
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Touched by the magic of love, everything is transformed.
By now Newton's world is as recognizable as that of Delvaux or Magritte . . . a company of beautiful women moves through the palatial corridors or gazes into the opaque depths of ornate mirrors, waiting for a last act that will never unfold.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
By now Newton's world is as recognizable as that of Delvaux or Magritte . . . a company of beautiful women moves through the palatial corridors or gazes into the opaque depths of ornate mirrors, waiting for a last act that will never unfold.
I think that what critics find rather off-putting about Science Fiction is a certain sort of briskness in its effects and a lack of sophistication.
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I think that what critics find rather off-putting about Science Fiction is a certain sort of briskness in its effects and a lack of sophistication.
If I was French and was awarded the Legion of Honour, I might well accept.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If I was French and was awarded the Legion of Honour, I might well accept.
An exhilarating read.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
An exhilarating read.
If only we could press a button and blow the place sky-high.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If only we could press a button and blow the place sky-high.
It seems to me that the pioneer years of flight at the turn of the century, let's say from the 1850s onwards -- ballooning and all this sort of thing to the Wright Brothers and then on until the 1930s -- was when aviation was still built around the dimensions of the man.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It seems to me that the pioneer years of flight at the turn of the century, let's say from the 1850s onwards -- ballooning and all this sort of thing to the Wright Brothers and then on until the 1930s -- was when aviation was still built around the dimensions of the man.
However, you can see in the US and Europe extraordinary urban developments based absolutely on the need for total security.
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
However, you can see in the US and Europe extraordinary urban developments based absolutely on the need for total security.