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If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my years on this planet, American culture has unrealistic expectations about happiness and balance. We live in a fractured society in which social media filters and AI create a false front. Everyone
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“He seemed to know everyone, and yet, when you were with him, you felt as if you were his best friend.”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“This is it, the thing we’ve been waiting for. It’s right here right now in front of us. Do it now. Whatever it is, do that thing that honors life.”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“How rude of the dead to die. How selfish. Wherever they are, no pain, in eternal darkness or wondrous afterlife. And here we are, tears streaming down our cheeks, the knotted stomach and clammy palms, a feeling akin to falling, in a dream that won’t end.”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“A character in the book is asked what the greatest wonder in the world is. And he answers … He says, The greatest wonder is that every day, all around us, people die, but we act as if it couldn’t happen to us.”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“Life prevails. How strange and wondrous. In the midst of death, life prevails, calls to us, begs us, says, Come, please, don’t you dare waste this precious gift.”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
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