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“Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together. George”
― Barkskins
― Barkskins
“Every moment is an edict spoken by its past. The past is the real tyranny.”
― The Traitor Baru Cormorant
― The Traitor Baru Cormorant
“It's astounding the first time you realize that a stranger has a body - the realization that he has a body makes him a stranger. It means that you have a body, too. You will live with this forever, and it will spell out the language of your life.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“Your error is fundamental to the human psyche: you have allowed yourself to believe that others are mechanisms, static and solvable, whereas you are an agent.”
― The Traitor Baru Cormorant
― The Traitor Baru Cormorant
“The Future is Now. That annoys me because if the future is now, where is the present?”
― Frankissstein: A Love Story
― Frankissstein: A Love Story
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