This is a brutal book – sensual, rude, coarse, and cruel. However, it is timely and well-written, even witty.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
thomas carlyleI curse in everyday life, but usually when I stub my toe. The topics I'm discussing, it's not necessary to curse. I found [cursing] is a sign that a joke is not finished or well-written.
jim gaffiganA well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
thomas carlyleA well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
thomas carlyleI often find that a novel, even a well-written and compelling novel, can become a blur to me soon after I've finished reading it. I recollect perfectly the feeling of reading it, the mood I occupied, but I am less sure about the narrative details. It is almost as if the book were, as Wittgenstein said of his propositions, a ladder to be climbed and then discarded after it has served its purpose.”