![]() ![]() But if he sees a movie which shows his very neighborhood, it becomes possible for him to live, for a time at least, as a person who is Somewhere and not Anywhere. More than likely he will live there sadly and the emptiness which is inside him will expand until it evacuates the entire neighborhood. Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. She refers to a phenomenon of moviegoing which I have called certification. ![]() ![]() I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself.This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me only the haters seem alive. Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world.Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures? The Moviegoer (1961) Further sourcing to chapters here and in further sections would be helpful. Quotes Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature? 1.5 Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book (1983). ![]()
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