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61 " The key to writing is something to be stolen. How else does one open the door to a house of thieves? "
― Anthony Marais , Delusionism
62 " Somethingism is better than nihilism. "
63 " Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch. "
64 " From our myopia arose our dystopia. "
65 " Marriage is a lie—the most beautiful lie two people can share. "
66 " No philosopher was ever apathetic. If there is no love, it is not philosophy. "
67 " If death is perfect enlightenment, life appears to be the perfect opposite. "
68 " There are but two states to the primitive mind: warring and boring. "
69 " Skin color or the shape of one’s nose cannot be the criteria upon which individuals are judged. Black is not beautiful; it’s racist. Being African-American, conscious of your culture, fascinated by your history, this is beautiful—and really has nothing to do with putting a color chart next to your face. "
― Anthony Marais
70 " Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one. "
71 " The closer art reflects reality, the less artistic it becomes. Art is most enticing when it mimics life as a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing. The contrary is always a grave disappointment. "
72 " Laughing is the body’s approval of the absurd. "
73 " A joke is a question of mind over manner. "
74 " To measure up takes skill, but to err is an art. "
75 " To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter. "
76 " Reality is fatal whereas fantasy is something to die for. "
77 " When hunting a Maltese Falcon, catch it, but don’t scratch it! "
78 " It’s always the bastard who is most patriotic. "
79 " If divorce is like death, then is not the perpetration of divorce a kind of murder? That is, are we not risking putting ourselves through the same torment—the same sleepless nights, feelings of persecution and guilt, the regret—as one of those pathetic characters from a Dostoevsky novel? It’s like you’ve just struck your wife with a candelabra and now you’re looking at her lifeless body on the floor, and suddenly she looks pretty. "
80 " White and black: with these two categories the diversity of a thousand ethnicities is lost. "