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“But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“The world was not wheeling anymore. It was just very clear and bright and inclined to blur at the edges.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“You're an expatriate. You've lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake European standards have ruined you. You drink yourself to death. You become obsessed with sex. You spend all your time talking, not working. You are an expatriate, see? You hang around cafes.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
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