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“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
“A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.”
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“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
― The Road
― The Road
“A weird time in which we are alive. We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope.”
― The Man in the High Castle
― The Man in the High Castle
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