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"I don't know. Have read better books by Kehlmann!" — Aug 31, 2014 11:05PM
"I don't know. Have read better books by Kehlmann!" — Aug 31, 2014 11:05PM
“nonsense can also be real”
― What I Loved
― What I Loved
“the spectator is the true vanishing point”
― What I Loved
― What I Loved
“When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”
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“Whoever said it got easier with time was wrong, death never got easier. The pain dulls around your heart, numbing the spot the deceased inhabited in your chest-- but it was never easier. Loss was still loss-- a physical pain, a hurt that reaches deep inside you and smothers your soul, forever indenting their memory. No, death was still death, loss was still loss, and pain was still pain. Time didn't change that.”
― The Valentine's Arrangement
― The Valentine's Arrangement
“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
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