“A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after.”
― A Short Stay in Hell
― A Short Stay in Hell
“I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.”
― The Road
― The Road
“When you die it's the same as if everybody else did too.”
― The Road
― The Road
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