We must take precautions
We must take precautions against being prematurely honed sharp–since at the same time we are being prematurely honed thin. Friedrich Nietzsche
Thinness
Too many poets act
Too many poets act like a middle-aged mother trying to get her kids to eat too much cooked meat, and potatoes with drippings (tears). I don’t give a damn whether they eat or not. Forced feeding leads to excessive thinness (effete). Nobody should experience anything they don’t need to, if they don’t need poetry bully … Read more
Being slim is the
Being slim is the new elitism. Thinness today says that you are richer, smarter and more successful than the overweight masses. David Zinczenko
Nothing fans me into
Nothing fans me into such a state of peaceful mental somnambulance as the intellectual antics of a person who displays his learning, not from vanity always, but frequently because it is all he has got; no real sense, no wisdom of his own, merely much good stuff he has learned from other sources. He spreads … Read more
Gold to airy thinness
Gold to airy thinness beat. Cassandra Clare
On her extreme thinness
On her extreme thinness during her ‘Ally McBeal’ years: I started under-eating, over-exercising, pushing myself too hard and brutalizing my immune system. I guess I just didn’t find time to eat. I am much more healthy these days. Calista Flockhart