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""A state, is called the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly lieth it also; and this lie creepeth from its mouth: 'I, the state, am the people.'
. . .
The state, I call it, where all are poison-drinkers, the good and the bad: the state, where all lose themselves, the good and the bad: the state, where the slow suicide of all---is called 'life.'"" — Feb 03, 2025 04:26PM
""A state, is called the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly lieth it also; and this lie creepeth from its mouth: 'I, the state, am the people.'
. . .
The state, I call it, where all are poison-drinkers, the good and the bad: the state, where all lose themselves, the good and the bad: the state, where the slow suicide of all---is called 'life.'"" — Feb 03, 2025 04:26PM


“She wondered where Kath was. She wondered if Kath could sense her, sitting here on this train as it took her away. Perhaps it was possible, if she closed her eyes and sent out her thoughts along the steel track like a message along a telegraph wire.
I love you. I love you.
The train swayed gently beneath her, and she leaned against the window to feel the cool glass against her cheek, and she was sure that Kath had heard her, she was sure.”
― Last Night at the Telegraph Club
I love you. I love you.
The train swayed gently beneath her, and she leaned against the window to feel the cool glass against her cheek, and she was sure that Kath had heard her, she was sure.”
― Last Night at the Telegraph Club

“The very existence of poetry should make us laugh. What is that all about? What is it for?”
― The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
― The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch

“Please all you guys who want to fight to preserve our honor let us know what the hell honor is. Is it American honor for the whole world we鈥檙e fighting for? Maybe the world doesn鈥檛 like it. Maybe the South Sea Islanders like their honor better.”
― Johnny Got His Gun
― Johnny Got His Gun

“It is strange how people seem to belong to places - especially to places where they were not born...”
― Goodbye to Berlin
― Goodbye to Berlin

“And I had the most disconcerting sensation: that in my memory she would look up from that game of solitaire and the sockets of her eyes would be empty.”
― Interview with the Vampire
― Interview with the Vampire
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