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sardines in a can. We will never know how many died of grief, or disease, or starvation.
“He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer.”
― The Dream Thieves
― The Dream Thieves
“This,” Neil flicked his finger to indicate the two of them, “isn’t worthless.”
“There is no ‘this’. This is nothing.”
“And I am nothing,” Neil prompted. When Andrew gestured confirmation, Neil said, “And as you’ve always said, you want nothing.”
Andrew stared stone-faced back at him.”
― The King's Men
“There is no ‘this’. This is nothing.”
“And I am nothing,” Neil prompted. When Andrew gestured confirmation, Neil said, “And as you’ve always said, you want nothing.”
Andrew stared stone-faced back at him.”
― The King's Men
“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
― The Road
― The Road
“It’s easy to convince people that you are really okay if they don’t have to actually hear what rattles you in the private silence of your own making.”
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
“I know that I stopped thinking about extreme grief as the sole vehicle for great art when the grief started to take people with it. And I get it. The tortured artist is the artist that gets remembered for all time, particularly if they if they either perish or overcome. But the truth is that so many of us are stuck in the middle. So many of us begin tortured and end tortured, with only brief bursts of light in between, and I'd rather have average art and survival than miracles that come at the cost of someone's life.”
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
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