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Book cover for The Stranger
all men believe in God, even those who reject Him. Of this he was absolutely sure; if ever he came to doubt it, his life would lose all meaning. “Do you wish,” he asked indignantly, “my life to have no meaning?” Really I couldn’t see how my ...more
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Kazuo Ishiguro
“The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.”
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

David Foster Wallace
“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

Kazuo Ishiguro
“As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened”
Kazuo Ishiguro

Franz Kafka
“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
Franz Kafka, The Trial

Mark Z. Danielewski
“Little solace comes
to those who grieve
when thoughts keep drifting
as walls keep shifting
and this great blue world of ours
seems a house of leaves

moments before the wind.”
Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

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