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“I'm about as intimidating as a butterfly.”
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“Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?'
'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.
'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...
'Finn?'
'"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." (quoting Patrick Lagrange)”
― The Sense of an Ending
'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.
'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...
'Finn?'
'"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." (quoting Patrick Lagrange)”
― The Sense of an Ending
“happened as I listened: I felt pain. Not in my head, not in my arm, not in my leg; everywhere at once. I told myself there was no difference between being “inside” and being “outside,” that it all came down to X’s and O’s that could be acquired in any number of different ways, but the pain increased to a point where I thought I might collapse, and I limped away.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
Crime & Thriller Group -- Featuring Michael Connelly, Jonathon King, and Kevin O'Brien
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