“The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
“I can already sense how I will feel when I remember it years from now. I’m nostalgic for the present, mourning its passing even as it happens.”
― Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
― Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
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