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“Do you ever think that there used to be more sensible explanations about things than there are now?”
― Alice Munro, Dear Life

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“Instead of speaking of justice and injustice, freedom and oppression, classless society and class society, they talked in terms of God and the Devil.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World

tags: devil, god

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“I have nothing but admiration for myself as a youngster; I was a force to be reckoned with then, a much finer specimen than I am now. As kids, we had little meat on our bones; we were sticklike figures with big rounded bellies, the skin stretched so taut it was nearly transparent — you could just about see our intestines twist and coil on the other side. Our necks were so long and thin it was a miracle they could support our heavy heads.”
― Mo Yan, Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh: A Novel

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“Did you see her again in France?" I asked him.”

“No. When I got to France, she was already dead. She committed suicide ...”

“Why?”

“She often told me she was frightened of getting old...”
― Patrick Modiano, Rue des boutiques obscures

tags: death, fright, suicide

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“[…] ήθελε να δραπετεύσει, να φύγει όλο και πιο μακριά, να ξεκόψει βίαια απ’ την καθημερινή ζωή, για ν’ αναπνεύσει αέρα ελευθερίας. Ήταν κι εκείνος ο πανικός, πότε πότε, στην προοπτική ότι οι κομπάρσοι που έχεις αφήσει πίσω σου, μπορούν να σε ξαναβρούν και να σου ζητήσουν λογαριασμό. Πρέπει να κρυφτείς για να ξεφύγεις απ’ αυτούς τους εκβιαστές, ελπίζοντας ότι, μια μέρα, θα βρεθείς οριστικά έξω απ’ την εμβέλειά τους. Εκεί ψηλά, στον αέρα της κορυφής. Ή στον αέρα της ανοιχτωσιάς.”
― Patrick Modiano, Dans le café de la jeunesse perdue

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