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"The cruelty to animals even by just ordinary people knows no limit
we’re an extraordinarily vile species" — 4 hours, 40 min ago
"The cruelty to animals even by just ordinary people knows no limit
we’re an extraordinarily vile species" — 4 hours, 40 min ago
It scared her to realize there was no compass. There were only days and the choices she made within them.
“The things that make life comfortable are always unacceptable, if you look at them square on. Someone, somewhere, is always suffering so you can be happy. Which is why most people spend their time looking the other direction.”
― Kala
― Kala
“The things that make life comfortable are always unacceptable, if you look at them square on.”
― Kala
― Kala
“No longer among us but never far from our hearts. In the eyes of the world, he was just one person but to us, he was the whole world.”
― Waar ik liever niet aan denk
― Waar ik liever niet aan denk
“I was an only child. My parents were both smart, but they were flighty, and they loved each other so much, more than they ever loved me. I had to do a lot for myself, from a young age. It wasn't great. Now I feel like my childhood is with me every day. Being alone. Being shut out. Some people, maybe they had a terrible time, maybe a great time, but it isn't with them. I feel like it's always with me. I'm never not there. Do you know what I mean? I mean - how about you?”
― Sick Notes
― Sick Notes
“War is a narrative: it might almost be said to embody the narrative principle itself. It is the attempt to create a story of life, to create agreement. In war, there is no point of view; war is the end of point of view, where violence is welcomed as the final means of arriving at a common version of events.”
― Coventry: Essays
― Coventry: Essays
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