“Love with your mouth shut, help without breaking your ass or publicizing it: keep cool, but care.” — Thomas Pynchon, V
Tag: Thomas Pynchon
Quote of the Day
“What goes around may come around, but it never ends up exactly the same place, you ever notice? Like a record on a turntable, all it takes is one groove’s difference and the universe can be on into a whole ‘nother song.” — Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice
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“Why should things be easy to understand?” — Thomas Pynchon, “Who Is Thomas Pynchon… And Why Did He Take Off With My Wife?”, Playboy (March 1977)
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“Dealing with the Hippie is generally straightforward. His childlike nature will usually respond positively to drugs, sex, and/or rock and roll, although in which order these are to be deployed must depend on conditions specific to the moment.” — Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice
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“Despair came over her, as it will when nobody around has any sexual relevance to you.” — Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
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“Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything—or to put it more usefully, we are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance.” — Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
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“Life’s single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane.” — Thomas Pynchon, V.
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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow