I’m talking about that other scent, the distinct smell when death is imminent. It’s hard to describe, but it’s like that imperceptible shift between summer and fall when somehow the air is different but you don’t know why.
“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
“I would not let a man who knew the value of nothing make me doubt the value of myself.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
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