quotes about Simulacrum

last updated: November 28, 2023

Literature itself is a species of code. You line up symbols and create a simulacrum of life.
-- Marcel Theroux

Source : Marcel Theroux (2013). “Strange Bodies”, p.74, Faber & Faber

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“I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.”
“What you seek is seeking you.”
“And I knew, nothing I could say or do Could come close to thankin' you for your love And I could try for the rest of my life But that wouldn't be half enough”
“When levitation fails, a ladder prevails.”
“It was an image Melody would never forget. Or was it the emotions the image conjured - hope, excitement, and fear of the unknown, all three tightly braided together, creating a fourth emotion that was impossible to define. She was getting a second chance at happiness and it tickled like swallowing fifty fuzzy caterpillars.”

Source : Lisi Harrison (2010). “Monster High”, p.17, Hachette UK
“The nice thing about the Bible is it doesn't give you too many facts. Two an a half lines and it tells you the whole story and that leaves you a great deal of freedom to elaborate on how it might have happened.”
“Communication is like the basics of mechanical engineering, the more moving parts you have the more likely it is to break down!”
“If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.”
“I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.”
“All art is based on non-conformity.”