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Piker7977’s Quotes

“Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie. ”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

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“Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most.”
― F. B. Jevons, A History Of Greek Literature: From The Earliest Period To The Death Of Demosthenes

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“The sum of a million facts is not the truth.”
― William Manchester

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“How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.”
― Gore Vidal, Julian

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“There is no greater impotence in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.”
― Norman Mailer

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