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""I did not know how to deal with this sort of death, the one that comes slow and inevitable and doesn't let go. I am a soldier. I deal in cannonballs and rifle shots. I understand how a wound can fester and kill a soldier, but there is still the initial wound, something that can be avoided with a little skill and a great deal of luck. Death that simply comes and settles is not a thing I had any experience with." pg20" — Aug 26, 2023 10:05AM
""I did not know how to deal with this sort of death, the one that comes slow and inevitable and doesn't let go. I am a soldier. I deal in cannonballs and rifle shots. I understand how a wound can fester and kill a soldier, but there is still the initial wound, something that can be avoided with a little skill and a great deal of luck. Death that simply comes and settles is not a thing I had any experience with." pg20" — Aug 26, 2023 10:05AM
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""I have a heart, says science, but I am a monster, says society...
But sometimes I think - sometimes I wonder - if I were a monster surely, I would feel it by now? I would feel angry and vicious and vengeful. I'd know blind rage and blood lust and a need for vindication. Instead I feel an abyss within me that's so deep, so dark I can't see within it; I can't see what it holds." (pg. 241)" — Apr 04, 2023 06:35PM
""I have a heart, says science, but I am a monster, says society...
But sometimes I think - sometimes I wonder - if I were a monster surely, I would feel it by now? I would feel angry and vicious and vengeful. I'd know blind rage and blood lust and a need for vindication. Instead I feel an abyss within me that's so deep, so dark I can't see within it; I can't see what it holds." (pg. 241)" — Apr 04, 2023 06:35PM
I watched her drop a mug, pick up each piece and glue it back together like it was the holy grail. I fell in love that day, not because she was clumsy or cute, but because she still saw value in something so broken. The time I fell
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“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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