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“Would you mind telling me where this road will take me?' 'This road?' The man put down the hook, leant on the handle, and stared at him. 'This road will take you wherever you want to go, son.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“On high, the succulent leaves whispered in peace and joy, and the boughs of the living tress slowly stirred themselves, looking down in majesty on the dead tree that lay flat out on the ground.”
― Three Deaths
― Three Deaths
“Continuous Fire, defensive fire, curtain fire, trench mortars, gas tanks, machine-guns, hand grenades - words, words, but they embrace all the horrors of the world.”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
“Sons of suicide often think of killing themselves at the end of the day, when their blood sugar is low.”
― God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
― God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
“If I had to be like Caesar and Die, I would have been aware of it, an inner voice would have told me, but there hasn't been anything like that on the inside. I've always thought - and my friends have, too - that we're not the same as Caesar. And now look what's happened!' he said to himself. 'It can't be . It can't be, but it is. How can it be? What's it all about.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
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