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“The human spirit, you know what they say about the human spirit? Is is harder than a rock and more delicate than a flower petal.”
― The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
― The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
“And it was too late. No one wants to believe something is too late, but it is always becoming too late, and then it is.”
― The Burgess Boys
― The Burgess Boys
“I spent my time drinking and staring at a television in the airport bar. More death and destruction. Crime. Pollution. All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.”
― The Traveler
― The Traveler
“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
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“You have family", Bob said. "You have a wife who hates you. Kids who are furious with you. A brother and sister who make you insane. And a nephew who used to be kind of a drip but apparently is not so much of a drip now. That's called family".”
― The Burgess Boys
― The Burgess Boys
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