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“Mahlke couldn't joke. He sometimes tried. But everything he did, touched or said, became solemn, significant, monumental;”
― Günter Grass, Cat and Mouse

“Why long for death's marriage bed
which human beings all shun?
Death comes soon enough
and brings an end to everything.”
― Euripides, Medea

“He is no true knight, but he saved me all the same,” she told the mother. “Save him if you can, and gentle the rage inside him -Sansa”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“get a job writing fortune cookies instead. I could try to write really American ones. Already, I’ve jotted down a few of them. Objects create happiness. The animals are pleased to be of use. Your cities will shine forever. Death will not touch you.”
― Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation