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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
""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
“Suffering is humbling. It pays to know how to get your butt kicked.”
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
“Among the earliest forms of human self-awareness was the awareness of being meat.”
― Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
― Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
“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.”
― The Long Goodbye
― The Long Goodbye
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