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VALIS

“Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.”—Roberto Bolaño What is VALIS? This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick’s ground-breaking no

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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

— Philip K Dick, amazon.com

Tagged: Reality, Belief, Truth

“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you’re lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.”

— Philip K Dick, amazon.com

Tagged: power-of-words, Incantation

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”

— Philip K Dick, amazon.com

Tagged: Reality, Sanity, crazy

“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you’re lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.”

— Philip K Dick, amazon.com

Tagged: Words, Words Kill, Words Heal