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Quote of the day 03/13/24

From Cormac McCarthy: “Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.”

From Cormac McCarthy: “The point is there ain’t no point.”

From Cormac McCarthy: “You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”

From Cormac McCarthy: “Your heart’s desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.”

From James Joyce: “The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”

From James Joyce: “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”

From James Joyce: “Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.”

From James Joyce: “Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.”

From James Joyce: “Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.”

From James Joyce: “Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”