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""It's that I do not wish to die," he said. Then he said it again-- "It's that I do not wish to die"-- in a quiet tone, of slow and low amaze, as though it were something that, until the words had said themselves, he found that he had not known, or had not known the depth and extent of his desire." Apr 19, 2014 03:20PM

 
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Christopher McDougall
“Suffering is humbling. It pays to know how to get your butt kicked.”
Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Bruce Chatwin
“The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I managed the first line, 'I am a swallow.' Then I looked up and asked, 'How do you spell telephone wires?”
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Thornton Wilder
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18 rooms
$37,000
I’m yours
ghosts and all.”
Richard Brautigan

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“The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.”
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