Not everybody gets corrupted.

Alexis 2022-04-21 09:01:45

really?

Or it's just not enough time.

Mary uses Issac as a spare tire, and Issac uses Tracy as a spare tire... There is no real

love for EGO in Woody Allen's film

, and the full screen of mockery

likes his unadorned expression Men, women, and literary youth are all stripped down. In

pessimism , the true wisdom and courage to face life frankly

come and go, and

only the beautiful picture will last forever.

To quote a few of my favorite lines:
The brain is the most overrated organ.

nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind. Everything really valuable has to enter you through a different opening

He longed to be an artist but balked at the necessary sacrifices . In his most private moments, he spoke of his fear of death, which he elevated to tragic heights when in fact it was mere narcissism.

Chapter One: He adored New York City. To him it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. The same lack of individual integrity that caused so many people to take the easy way out was rapidly turning the town of his dreams in - no , it's gonna be too preachy, I mean, you know, let's face it, I wanna sell some books here.

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  • Yale: You know we have to stop seeing each other, don't you.

    Mary Wilke: Oh, yeah. Right. Right. I understand. I could tell by the sound of your voice on the phone. Very authoritative, y'know. Like the pope, or the computer in 2001.

  • Isaac Davis: You know what you are? You're God's answer to Job, y'know? You would have ended all argument between them. I mean, He would have pointed to you and said, y'know, "I do a lot of terrible things, but I can still make one of these." You know? And then Job would have said, "Eh. Yeah, well, you win."