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“The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal
“She understood the world and her place in it. She understood nothing. The world and her place in it were nothing and she understood that.”
― Welcome to Night Vale
― Welcome to Night Vale
“In many ways, women are death's natural companions. Every time a woman gives birth, she is creating not only a life, but a death. Samuel Beckett wrote that women "give birth astride of a grave." Mother Nature is indeed a real mother, creating and destroying in a constant loop.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“Remind myself that there is no saving of people—people can only save themselves. The best you can do is help when they're ready.”
― The Flatshare
― The Flatshare
“You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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