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It’s not a perfect system— or one that actually works at all for that matter. That tended to be the reality in Afghanistan when it came to most things.
“What do we know? What do we really know? He licks his dried cracked lips. We know this apodictic rock beneath our feet. That dogmatic sun above our heads. The world of dreams, the agony of love and the foreknowledge of death. That is all we know. And all we need to know? Challenge that statement. I challenge that statement. With what? I don't know.”
― The Monkey Wrench Gang
― The Monkey Wrench Gang
“Because a woman's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is a part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.”
― Disgrace
― Disgrace
“My job is to save the fucking wilderness. I don’t know anything else worth saving.”
― The Monkey Wrench Gang
― The Monkey Wrench Gang
“When all else fails, philosophize.”
― Disgrace
― Disgrace
“You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.”
“I’m going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all.”
― Disgrace
“I’m going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all.”
― Disgrace
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