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But these eyes harbored a remote intellect, a keen awareness. Which was the scariest part: this man had to confront the devastation of his body. He was cognizant of his own ruin. How could he possibly cope with that?
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James Baldwin
“I saw myself, sharply, as a wanderer, an adventurer, rocking through the world, unanchored.

[...]

The wind of my life was blowing me away.

[...]

I take the blue envelope...and tear it slowly into many pieces, watching them dance in the wind, watching the wind carry them away. Yet as I turn and begin walking toward the waiting people, the wind blows some of them back on me.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

Hanya Yanagihara
“It had always seemed to him a very plush kind of problem, a privilege, really, to consider whether life was meaningful or not.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
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Robert Frost
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

Mae West
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

Richard Siken
“Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.

I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

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