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"In apocalypse capitalism—can I call it that?—being alone is part of a luxury aesthetic." (via via Mefi)

the road's ruined this way
& also the other way--
shipwreck ev'rywhere--

who never chose the navy

"I’ve never heard a president close with 'May God protect our democracy' instead of 'May God bless the United States of America.' It was sobering."

"They belong to the Renaissance in Italy, five centuries away, those torches. To find them burning in the tenth is to see strange shadows." --The Wandering Scholars

"The mosquitoes don’t recognize the bug repellant OFF here as anything more than an amuse-bouche — like strawberry body-glitter on a stripper."