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“I am sentimental about my childhood—not my own particular childhood, but the civilization which I grew up in and which is now, I suppose, just about at its last kick.”
― George Orwell, Coming Up for Air

“Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; All earth-born cares are wrong: Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.”
― Kamo no Chōmei, Natsume Soseki's English Translation of Hojoki

“There is a deep contradiction in failing to enjoy life and yet fearing death when faced with it.”
― Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

“Being dead is an improvement on a lot of things I can think of. Trying to sell mutual funds, for example.”
― John Godey, The Taking of Pelham 123