Adam Thirlwell quotes
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“The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is that breaking up involves persuasion. You have to persuade your ex that it is better this way for everyone. And this is difficult if you have not entirely persuaded yourself. It is especially tricky to do this if you are also naked, and making two cups of coffee.”
-- Adam ThirlwellSource : Adam Thirlwell (2004). “Politics”, Random House
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“Krzhizhanovsky wanted to perform imaginary experiments with the nature of time and space. Outside, in the streets, the Communist state was busy performing such experiments for real. In response, Krzhizhanovsky's prose has a recklessly unstable tone in which delighted examination of impossible worlds can slip into ferocious political sarcasm.... It is a method for investigating how much unreality reality can bear.”
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“When a clandestine couple kisses, it is much more likely that sex will immediately follow. This is because there is much more risk. Once you have kissed secretly, it is very difficult not to have sex. It would be impolite not to have sex. You have to show that you are serious about each other.”
-- Adam ThirlwellSource : Adam Thirlwell (2004). “Politics”, Random House
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Source : Adam Thirlwell (2004). “Politics”, Random House
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“If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.”
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Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com
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“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
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