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“Having oscillated all his life between the torments of a superficial loitering and the horrors of disinterested endeavour, he finds himself at last in a situation where to do nothing exclusively would be an act of the highest value, and significance.”
― Watt
― Watt
“Every transformation demands as its precondition "the ending of a world"-the collapse of an old philosophy of life.”
― Man and His Symbols
― Man and His Symbols
“She lived just three blocks away, in a faded brick building whose limitations and malfunctions she’d come to understand as the texture of her life, to be distinguished from a normal day’s complaints.”
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“Your trouble is that reaching final conclusions just isn't your thing. You're afraid the decision you make will deprive you of further choice, so that paralyzes your will.”
― Laurus
― Laurus
“Her voice, delicate as it was, had the strength to it that made one realize why a teacup can stay in one piece for centuries, defying the changes of history and the turmoil of man.”
― Sombrero Fallout
― Sombrero Fallout
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