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Book cover for The Troop
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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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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Hanya Yanagihara
“And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.”
Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

Osamu Dazai
“Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.”
Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

Robert Frost
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“I may wear the skin of an urbane sophisticate, but in this manuscript I invite you to strip it off and laugh at my stupidity.”
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Life of a Stupid Man

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