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“alone with time and grief and the sorrow of remembering, the cruelty of my existence and of my death still to come.”
― Jonathan Littell, The Kindly Ones

“Quite apart from the creativity and imaginations, the persistence of writers of whatever genre are a testament to a belief that humanity is worth the massive effort, loneliness, proximity of failure, and, yes, perils of the writing life.”
― Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor 3E: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from The Great Gatsby to The Hate You Give

“When the universal and eternal touches you, it is best to listen.”
― Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor 3E: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from The Great Gatsby to The Hate You Give

“there were already so many people that if one threw up a grain of sand it would not find its way to the earth again.”
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart