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Avis’s Quotes

Jamaica Kincaid
“I was alone in the world. It was not a small accomplishment. I thought I would die doing it. I was not happy, but that seemed too much to ask for.”
― Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy
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James Joyce
“Things go on same; day after day”
― James Joyce, Ulysses
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Thomas Pynchon
“Offhand I'd say I haven't learned a goddamn thing”
― Thomas Pynchon, V.
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Joseph Heller
“He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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Joseph Heller
“All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
tags: fatalism, humor, stars, war
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