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“Death was not there as yet, but life was there no longer,—there was something new, something astonishing, inexplicable, not entirely reasonable and yet not altogether without meaning,—something so deep and mysterious and supernatural that it was impossible to understand.”
― Seven Who Were Hanged
― Seven Who Were Hanged
“It seemed to him that he was walking along the highest mountain-ridge, which was narrow like the blade of a knife, and on one side he saw Life, on the other side—Death,—like two sparkling, deep, beautiful seas, blending in one boundless, broad surface at the horizon.”
― Seven Who Were Hanged
― Seven Who Were Hanged
“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Seasons flow in a cycle.
Life too, passes through difficult winters.
But after any winter, spring will follow.”
― Tales from the Cafe
Life too, passes through difficult winters.
But after any winter, spring will follow.”
― Tales from the Cafe
“Death stationed itself in the corner and would not go away. It would not go away because it was my thought. It is not death that is terrible, but the knowledge of it: it would be utterly impossible to live if a man could know exactly and definitely the day and hour of his death.”
― Seven Who Were Hanged
― Seven Who Were Hanged
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Juris’s 2025 Year in Books
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