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Clay Anderson · @clayanderson

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“He rocked in the swells, floating like the first germ of life adrift on the earth's cooling seas, formless macule of plasm trapped in a vapor drop and all creation yet to come.” Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

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shywalker · @shywalker

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Reading Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. I'm not far enough into the book to really have an opinion yet, but this resonated:

Bender pondered the wine in his hand. "A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea. "
"That's only three."
Alvis finished his wine. "You have to do disappointment twice."

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