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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
most of our lives are spent convincing our minds of what the heart already knows
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
“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
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“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
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