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“I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“It doesn’t matter. The world keeps turning. It’s plain to you that at the time I write this, I’m not dead. But maybe by the time you read it.”
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
“For a moment, he forgot the danger he was in, grateful for a world which purposefully puts divisions in place so we can overcome them, feeling the joy of getting closer, even if deep down we can never forget the sadness of our insurmountable differences.”
― The History of Love
― The History of Love
“I knew that, but he didn’t, and therefore I looked down into the great pity of a person’s life on this earth. I don’t mean that we all end up dead, that’s not the great pity. I mean that he couldn’t tell me what he was dreaming, and I couldn’t tell him what was real.”
― Jesus’ Son
― Jesus’ Son
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