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>mfw reading Cioran essays

why is life even a thing

How do I punctuation in dialog? Does it depend of where I'm from or where I'm writing?

For example, Americans write things like:

>“We are ready when you are, Sir,” he said.

Brits go like:

>'We are ready when you are, Sir,' he said.

Spanish is more like

>—We are ready when you are, Sir —he said.

And some Youro countries do

>«We are ready when you are, Sir», he said.

Then there's folks like Saramago of McCarthy who give no fucks.

>We are ready when you are, Sir, he said.

So what do?

>why are you even reading that? you know there's a movie, right?

>read his book "dance of reality"
>didn't know it was an autobiography but ok
>not sure how much of it is embellished or made up
>last chapters of the book are about psychomagic, which is some sort of rituals he bestows on people so that, through magical thinking affecting their subconcious, they can heal themselves from whatever ailment or disease they suffer
>one example: he tells an infertile woman to shove an egg or two in her vagina and keep them there, as if she were incubate them. supposedly this "teaches" her mind what being a mother is about, and thus her body will be ready for pregnancy
>another woman, a professional singer, is nervous as fuck about an upcoming audition for a very important singing gig. jodorowsky tells her to shove a roll of golden coins into her vagina and sing with those coins inside of her. she does and wins the gig
>lots of other examples like that
>mfw

>>2805933

>two
>so many