
“Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.”
Source: The Republic of Thieves
Source: The Republic of Thieves
“Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.”
Source: The Republic of Thieves
Catch The Wind (1965)
Context: When rain has hung the leaves with tears
I want you near to kill my fears,
To help me to leave all my blues behind. For standin' in your heart
Is where I want to be
And long to be,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
“These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.”
Editor’s Preface (p. 5)
City (1952)
1 November 1833
Table Talk (1821–1834)
Biko
Song lyrics, Peter Gabriel (III) (1980)
“I’m a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat.”
Source: Nightwood (1936), Ch. 5 : Watchman, What of the Night?
“You stand out like a fart in a church.”
Source: The Final Warning
This is how the spirit comes. After the gale, the earthquake, and fire: a gentle, cooling breeze. This is how it will come in our own day as well. We are passing through the period of earthquake, the fire is approaching, and eventually (when? after how many generations?) the gentle, cool breeze will blow.
"The Desert. Sinai.", Ch. 21, p. 278
Report to Greco (1965)
“So knives out
Catch the mouse
Squash his head
Put him in the pot”
Knives Out
Lyrics, Amnesiac (2001)