Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

tomorrow doesn’t exist and it never will advice/living

In the early hours of yesterday morning, I began. Although really I should say ‘I continued’, since I’ve decided to use the small amount I wrote in January too. It’s been happening for a while now that when I get into bed, I work on the text in my head, or rather I work on the images, or the mood, …

—p.230 The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero
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7 months, 2 weeks ago

suddenly you inherit a chain of supermarkets

Imagine for a moment, if you will, that you grow flowers for a living, and suddenly you inherit a chain of supermarkets. You have no interest in supermarkets and know nothing about them. You’d be quite content to collect the considerable profits every so often and spend them as you see fit, whilst …

—p.215 by Mario Levrero
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7 months, 2 weeks ago

this bird-based epiphany was symbolic

The topic of the dead pigeon as a symbol still needs to be addressed. I should explain to the reader, or remind them if they already know, that a few years ago I wrote a text called Diary of a Swine. I wrote it in Buenos Aires. My initial impulse had been to continue the ‘luminous novel’ (take note…

—p.188 by Mario Levrero
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7 months, 2 weeks ago

this bird-based epiphany was symbolic

The topic of the dead pigeon as a symbol still needs to be addressed. I should explain to the reader, or remind them if they already know, that a few years ago I wrote a text called Diary of a Swine. I wrote it in Buenos Aires. My initial impulse had been to continue the ‘luminous novel’ (take note…

—p.188 by Mario Levrero
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7 months, 2 weeks ago

I wanted someone to set me limits

I’m in my pyjamas, but just as I was getting into bed, I suddenly remembered the source of all the current changes in my life, the ones I’m trying to bring about and stick to. This diary has helped me to reflect and remember; until now I’ve never had a clear sense of the events leading up to the cu…

—p.178 by Mario Levrero