Marlin Forbes
https://www.goodreads.com/datashaman
We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis. —EDWARD ABBEY, DESERT SOLITAIRE
“I hate that I’ve become one of those old men who visits a cemetery to be with his dead wife. When I was (much) younger I used to ask Kathy what the point would be. A pile of rotting meat and bones that used to be a person isn’t a person anymore; it’s just a pile of rotting meat and bones. The person is gone—off to heaven or hell or wherever or nowhere. You might as well visit a side of beef. When you get older you realize this is still the case. You just don’t care. It’s what you have.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
“I don’t know, you can just tell when somebody’s from the Midwest. They always look incomplete without a tractor.”
― The Empty Ones
― The Empty Ones
“I didn’t mind getting old when I was young, either,” I said. “It’s the being old now that’s getting to me.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
“There was a general belief that a long and unpleasant holiday was of crucial importance to one’s development as a human being.”
― Are You Experienced?
― Are You Experienced?
“I couldn’t recall ever having felt lonely before. It was a weird sensation – for the moment a bit exciting, but I could tell that once I got used to it, it would be awful.”
― Are You Experienced?
― Are You Experienced?
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