“What am I doing here in this endless winter?”
― The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
― The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
“He has, Anges sees, done what any father would wish to do, to exchange his child’s suffering for his own, to take his place, to offer himself up in his child’s stead so that the boy might live.”
― Hamnet
― Hamnet
“Maybe I'll go where I can see stars, he said to himself as the car gained velocity and altitude; it headed away from San Francisco, toward the uninhabited desolation to the north. To the place where no living thing would go. Not unless it felt that the end had come.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.”
― Metamorphosis
― Metamorphosis
“It's the basic condition of life to be required to violate our own identity.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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