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Hidden away amongst Aschenbach’s writing was a passage directly asserting that nearly all the great things that exist owe their existence to a defiant...more

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Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost essence of talent.

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What did one see if one looked in any depth into the world of this writer's fiction? Elegant self-control concealing from the world's eyes until the v...more

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What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes.

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Kindly permit me to tell you, sir, that I hate you. I hate you and your child, as I hate the life of which you are the representative: cheap, ridiculo...more