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“Divorce is like a virus. It invades every corner of your life, every thought and every moment. Everything is viewed through the lens of how will this benefit or harm my settlement. It’s toxic.”
“We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.”
― Night
― Night
“I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys: the smells of summer, the part of town I loved, a certain evening sky, Marie's dresses and the way she laughed.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
“I had been right, I was still right, I was always right. I had lived my life one way and I could just as well have lived it another. I had done this and I hadn't done that. I hadn't done this thing but I had done another. And so?”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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