Doug Dorst Quotes

What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin. Words are a gift to the dead and a warning to the living.

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-It's extremely cool how the words can stay the same but their meaning can change.
-Because the reader changes.
-EXACTLY

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It was stolen. As most beautiful things eventually are.

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For one moment, it is more important to take in the spectacular than to worry about the pressing business of staying alive.

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Artistic integrity is not a guest whom one may choose not to invite to a gala. She must be the first you invite, the first you seat, the first you serve food and wine, the one who calls the orchestra's tunes, the one who is offered her choice of dance partners throughout the night.

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