James Van Riemsdyk

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“The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“One could love reason like an Encyclopaedist and still be favorably inclined toward mysticism. Throughout the ages, up to the eyes of van Gogh, when he looked at a coffee pot or a garden path, mysticism has expanded the human realm by all sorts of threshold experiences.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)