“You have to carry the fire."
I don't know how to."
Yes, you do."
Is the fire real? The fire?"
Yes it is."
Where is it? I don't know where it is."
Yes you do. It's inside you. It always was there. I can see it.”
― The Road
I don't know how to."
Yes, you do."
Is the fire real? The fire?"
Yes it is."
Where is it? I don't know where it is."
Yes you do. It's inside you. It always was there. I can see it.”
― The Road
“War was an illness in a way, treatable only by the passing of time, and many were stricken until the end of their days.”
― The Offing
― The Offing
“You have my whole heart. You always did.”
― The Road
― The Road
“He came out of nothingness, took form, was loved, was always bound to return to nothingness.”
― Lincoln in the Bardo
― Lincoln in the Bardo
“He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how little of it he could ever have foreseen and he wondered for all his will and all his intent how much of it was his doing.”
― Cities of the Plain
― Cities of the Plain
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