This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
I think that taking life seriously means something such as this: that whatever man does on this planet has to be done in the lived truth of the terror of creation, of the grotesque, of the rumble of panic underneath everything. Otherwise it is false. Whatever is achieved must be achieved with the full exercise of passion, of vision, of pain, of fear, and of sorrow. How do we know ... that our part of the meaning of the universe might not be a rhythm in sorrow?
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And so my thoughts have lead me to believe that childless men and women lead lives more fortunate than those with sons and daughters.
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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
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That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
When the danger is past God is cheated.
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