Literary Contemplator Mugs

Samuel Beckett.

"They haven't said two words to each other—it's sad... I hope we don't end up like that." "They keep talking to each other—it's exhausting... So glad we don't have to do that."

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

Andre Gide.

A rose is a rose is a rose

"I don't know how this ends. . ."

"I let go of all my earthly attachments, but there's one I can't seem to shake."

"Son when I'm gone, all this will be yours!"

Caterpillar Paranoia

'What I especially like about being a philosopher-scientist is that I don't have to get my hands dirty.'

Anton Chekhov

"If 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' and no one reads it, does it make a sound?"

"When I die, I want to come back at anything except a book of short stories."

Diy section in library

"Boy, I wish I had brought some magazines..."

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it — who cares?!"

'He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, who cares...'

Jean Genet.

"'Science moves but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point.' Tennyson"

'They made him take a vow of silence so he'd have to stop complaining about his oath of poverty.'

"Hmm. What rhymes with layoffs?"

"As a single diner, you will be seated at an awkward table by the restrooms where your lonely presence won't bother other diners."

Francois Mauriac.

Rape of the Lock- The Cave of Spleen

Alcohol 'Nector of the Gods' 'Devils Brew!'

"What a lot of people don't realize is that I actually enjoy an incredibly rich interior life."

Genius At Midnight

"I would solve this story problem by developing the characters, heightening the conflict, and concluding with a satisfactory resolution."

'I live in quiet desperation - it was either that or Tunbridge Wells.'

"Well, no, I wouldn't expect it to speak to you."

'Ahhhh...It's such a beautiful morning outside...the sun is shining...the birds are singing....'

'Nobody takes you seriously? -- Are you trying to be funny?'

"You remember the ex-husband in chapter one who caused her to reassess her whole life and seek a spiritual awakening? That was me."

A Monk making T-shirts.