Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"After all, addiction is just the last stage of consumerism."
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"After all, addiction is just the last stage of consumerism."
"إن الإدمان، في نهاية المطاف، ليس سوى المرحلة الأخيرة من النزعة الاستهلاكية."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself."
"الحاجة إلى شيء ليست هي ذاتها الاهتمام بالشيء نفسه."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"The twentieth century has built up a powerful set of intellectual shortcuts and devices that help us defend ourselves against moments when clouds suddenly appear to think."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
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