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A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author)

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Martina’s Quotes

“People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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“When all else fails, philosophize.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

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“How’s the patient?” asked Derby.
“Dead to the world.”
“But not actually dead.”
“No.”
“How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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“No art is possible without a dance with death, he wrote.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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“Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.”
― Konrad Lorenz

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