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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“[...] that's what a global catastrophe means for anyone: it's not the loss of the world at large you mourn, it's the loss of *your* world, your life, your [...]”
― Evenings and Weekends
― Evenings and Weekends
“She would never forget the pleasure her father took in taking her down a peg. There are adults who thrive off the puncturing of children's fantasies.”
― Evenings and Weekends
― Evenings and Weekends
“Even the ones [birds] that from a distance seem drab and beige are shocking on closer inspection.”
― Evenings and Weekends
― Evenings and Weekends
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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