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Armies of the Night
“Anyway, I really liked Armies of the Night, and it’s a horrible book in some ways.”
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Mary Gaitskill
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01 / belief
Not entirely — I understand them by their words and actions as well, but I think people tell the truth with their face much more than they do with their words — and their tone of voice, and the way they move their body.
“Not entirely — I understand them by their words and actions as well, but I think people tell the truth with their face much more than they do with their words — and their tone of voice, and the way they move their body.”
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02 / belief
I want the reader to feel them, and that’s something that’s more unconscious almost. But I think that I want to create almost a feeling that you’re in the room with that person, and instead of dismissing them quickly, you open your psyche and just feel them.
“I want the reader to feel them, and that’s something that’s more unconscious almost. But I think that I want to create almost a feeling that you’re in the room with that person, and instead of dismissing them quickly, you open your psyche and just feel them.”
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03 / belief
I think, if I could come up with a general reason — not talking about my characters right now, but talking about people — I think people who seem like they just want to be unhappy or are incurably unhappy — it doesn’t have to do with what they want.
“I think, if I could come up with a general reason — not talking about my characters right now, but talking about people — I think people who seem like they just want to be unhappy or are incurably unhappy — it doesn’t have to do with what they want.”
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04 / belief
I think the broadest answer that a lot of people, including professionals, would agree with is, the problem is this can’t be implemented.
“I think the broadest answer that a lot of people, including professionals, would agree with is, the problem is this can’t be implemented.”
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05 / belief
I think a lot of people don’t realize, “I may not be a person who can get something out of this, and I do not have to go through this program.
“I think a lot of people don’t realize, “I may not be a person who can get something out of this, and I do not have to go through this program.”
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06 / belief
The lawyer, the guy — Tulkinghorn, I think his name is — who decides to expose her, like their conversation is quite highly eroticized in a S&M way.
“The lawyer, the guy — Tulkinghorn, I think his name is — who decides to expose her, like their conversation is quite highly eroticized in a S&M way.”
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