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The music of the Stones pounds the air like the amplified pulse of my erection.
E. L. Doctorow
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E. L. Doctorow
Age: 84 †
Born: 1931
Born: January 6
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Edgar Laurence Doctorow
Edgar Lawrence Doctorow
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So that individuation may be compared to a pyramid in that it is only achieved by the placement of the top stone… The Jews, Ford said. They ain't like anyone else I know. There goes you theory up shits creek. He smiled.
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I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.
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It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.
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