Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
“Design as a Principle in the Arts”, The Critical Path and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1963–1975, p. 232
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“It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.”
— Michel Houellebecq, book Atomised
Source: The Elementary Particles
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