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“That’s a private interest of mine – what brings a fellow down here, you know, to the ends of the earth – what sparks a man?”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
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“Love doesn't conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it. That maybe even if we’re not always so glad to be here, it’s our task to immerse ourselves anyway: wade straight through it, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and hearts open. And in the midst of our dying, as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn’t touch.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“This is my heart—carry it with you. I will dream of you in the dark, and you will taste it in my tea, and feel it in my shoes.”
― In the Cities of Coin and Spice
― In the Cities of Coin and Spice
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