book / likes
Remembrance of Things Past
“The only very long book I like is Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. You can read that for your entire life, [laughs] in a way, and on and off in bits.”
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John Gray
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01 / preference
I like aphorisms because, as I say, they’re short and uncluttered and can be beautiful.
“I like aphorisms because, as I say, they’re short and uncluttered and can be beautiful.”
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02 / preference
I am attracted more to Eastern Orthodoxy than I am to Catholicism, partly because its rituals and art are so beautiful, and for me, many of my judgments are aesthetic.
“I am attracted more to Eastern Orthodoxy than I am to Catholicism, partly because its rituals and art are so beautiful, and for me, many of my judgments are aesthetic.”
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03 / preference
I guess it would be animal conservation, conservation of environments, or at least of species that are rapidly disappearing now because I did say earlier on that a lot of my value judgments are aesthetic.
“I guess it would be animal conservation, conservation of environments, or at least of species that are rapidly disappearing now because I did say earlier on that a lot of my value judgments are aesthetic.”
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I don’t know about influence, because I’m not a novelist, but it’s one of the books — Moby Dick.
“I don’t know about influence, because I’m not a novelist, but it’s one of the books — Moby Dick.”
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05 / preference
I’m a fan, too. It’s funny because it’s absurdist humor, and I like absurdist humor, and lots of British people do.
“I’m a fan, too. It’s funny because it’s absurdist humor, and I like absurdist humor, and lots of British people do.”
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