“It was a strange story of a mysterious, in many respects barely credible relationship between a demented old man and his little granddaughter, who had fathomed him out thoroughly, mature beyond her years in the comprehension of what to other children, living in more stable and comfortable conditions, would remain a closed book till aContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Dark Underbelly of St. Petersburg (Dostoevsky)”
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RKS Literature: The Lost Soul of Russians (Dostoevsky)
“He was getting steadily more drunk and maudlin. Masloboyev had always been a fine fellow, level-headed but rather too clever by half; sly, astute, devious and a scallywag from his school days, but deep down quite a softie-a lost soul. There are many amongst the Russians. They’re often endowed with considerable talent, but somehow theyContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Lost Soul of Russians (Dostoevsky)”
RKS Literature: Affection and Humour
“Affections are not impaired by being tempered with a touch of benevolent laughter. Indeed, I would almost be prepared to risk a generalization and say that all true affections are tempered with laughter. For affection implies intimacy: and one cannot be intimate with another human being without discovering something to laugh at in his orContinue reading “RKS Literature: Affection and Humour”
RKS Literature: A Desperation for Acquaintances
“And then there was his sociability. It was a passion, a vice; he could not live without the company of his fellow beings. It was agony for him to be alone. He hunted company ferociously, as wild beasts pursue their prey. But the odd thing was that he never seemed to crave for friendship orContinue reading “RKS Literature: A Desperation for Acquaintances”
RKS Literature: Once Out of The Womb
“Out of the womb, we’re in an unfriendly world, in which our wishes aren’t anticipated, where we’re no longer magically omnipotent, where we don’t fit, where we’re not snugly at home. What’s to be done in this world? Either face out the reality, fight with it, resignedly or heroically accept to suffer or struggle. OrContinue reading “RKS Literature: Once Out of The Womb”
RKS Literature: Third and Fourth Rate Intellectuals (Aldous Huxley)
“Do you know what third-and fourth-rate intellectuals are? They’re professors of philology and organic chemistry at the minor universities, they’re founders and honorary presidents of the Nuneaton Poetry Society and the Baron’s Court Debating Society; they’re the people that organize and sedulously attend all those Conferences for promoting international goodwill and the spread of cultureContinue reading “RKS Literature: Third and Fourth Rate Intellectuals (Aldous Huxley)”
RKS Literature: Italian Versus English Women
“What I like about the Italian women is that they don’t seem to matter to be rather ashamed of being women, like so many English girls are, because English girls seem to go about apologizing for their figures, as though they were punctured, the way they hold themselves-it’s really rather abject. But here they’re allContinue reading “RKS Literature: Italian Versus English Women”
RKS 2023 Literature: The Awkwardness of Nakedness
“The Awkwardness with which nakedness is usually accompanied depends on the awareness of our defenseless whiteness, which has since lost all connection with the colours of the surrounding world and for that reason finds itself in artificial disharmony with it. But the sun’s impact restores the deficiency, makes us equal in our naked rights withContinue reading “RKS 2023 Literature: The Awkwardness of Nakedness”
RKS Literature: The Search For God
“The search for God: the longing of any hound for a master; give me a boss and I shall kneel at his enormous feet. All this is earthly, father, headmaster, rector, president of the board, tsar, God. Numbers, numbers-and one wants so much to find the biggest number, so that all the rest may meanContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Search For God”
RKS Poetry: Toronto Hijacked Yet Again But Don’t You Dare Criticize!
Toronto Hijacked Yet Again But Don’t You Dare Criticize! Bike lane tyranny where the miniscule lord over the manyand unlike the Lord brazenly give fingers to motorists while breaking all laws known to cyclingCharity runs down main streetsCharity walks all over the placeCharity hiking down expresswaysCharity bikingStreet festivals Global inclusion touted by exclusionists in powerContinue reading “RKS Poetry: Toronto Hijacked Yet Again But Don’t You Dare Criticize!”
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