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“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
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“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”
― The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader”
― The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader”
“You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines
“We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.”
― The Natural
― The Natural
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