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‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.
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“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long.”
― Coffey on the Mile
― Coffey on the Mile
“Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.”
― The Green Mile
― The Green Mile
“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“It's strange how pain marks our faces, and makes us look like family.”
― The Green Mile
― The Green Mile
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