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Suttree
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Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it.
“Will you shut the anus in the middle of your face. The puckered ring-piece from which a lifetime of shit has poured.”
― All the Fiends of Hell
― All the Fiends of Hell
“Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly—they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their un-escapable social destiny.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it.”
― Suttree
― Suttree
“No one is coming to save you. People don’t suddenly change, say they’re sorry and begin to treat you with respect. They are a jumble of hurt and pain and they will take it out on whomever they can. I had to save myself.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
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