Source: Tropic of Cancer (1934), Chapter One
Source: Tropic of Cancer (1934), Chapter One
Context: This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will.
“Holy books are an insult to a God with good intentions.”
“Insult I,” p. 104
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
“God… your book is beautiful!”
To Peter Reich on his memoir: A Book of Dreams about his early life and his father Wilhelm Reich.
“If people spit in my face, my response is a kick to the balls. I don't recommend that to others.”
About responding to abuse on the internet, as quoted in Ingvild Berg, "Kurser seg for å takle ekstreme meninger på nett" ("Takes courses for tackling extreme opinions on the web",) http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Kurser-seg-for--takle-ekstreme-meninger-p-nett-6705587.html#.T55Ym-LI_3I Aftenposten, 24 November 2011.
“What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticised for us!”
Variant: What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticised for us!
Source: My Study Windows (1871), chapter "Library of Old Authors'".
“Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.”
Source: The Importance of Living
