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Whalefall
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People aren’t doors. They’re whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost inside them you become.
“It is one of the universe's deepest and cruelest jokes that it takes a lifetime to learn the lessons you need in order to live.”
― You Feel It Just Below the Ribs
― You Feel It Just Below the Ribs
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“To those like the misguided; look at the story of Man, and come to your senses! It
is not the destination, but the trip that matters. What you do today influences tomorrow, not the other way around. Love Today, and seize All Tomorrows!”
― All Tomorrows: The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man
is not the destination, but the trip that matters. What you do today influences tomorrow, not the other way around. Love Today, and seize All Tomorrows!”
― All Tomorrows: The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man
“I hated being twelve. Back in '65, I just wanted to grow up fast so everything would finally be good, you know? But truth is, life was actually way better back then. Turns out, the older you get... the more everything just turns to shit.”
― Paper Girls, Volume 1
― Paper Girls, Volume 1
“How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”
― Hope for the Flowers
― Hope for the Flowers
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