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“For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.”
― The Pearl
― The Pearl
“It takes a sour woman to make a good pickle.”
― The Yiddish Policemen's Union
― The Yiddish Policemen's Union
“I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.”
― The Corrections
― The Corrections
“Just because things happen slow doesn't mean you'll be ready for them. If they happened fast, you'd be alert for all kinds of suddenness, aware that speed was trump. "Slow" works in an altogether different principle, on the deceptive impression that there's plenty of time to prepare, which conceals the central fact, that no matter how slow things go, you'll always be slower.”
― Empire Falls
― Empire Falls
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