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“He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.”
― The Road
― The Road
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
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“I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.”
― You Can't Go Home Again
― You Can't Go Home Again
“When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be.”
― Three Junes
― Three Junes
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The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more
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