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The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

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He wept on account of his helplessness, his terrible loneliness, the cruelty of man, the cruelty of God, and the absence of God.

The Other Side

by Alfred Kubin

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Howard’s Quotes

“If one knew, he wondered, the facts,
would one have to pity even the planets? If one reached what they called the heart of the matter?”
― Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter

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“God turned his face the other way, and the earth was in darkness. "An eclipse of God... an eclipse of God”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, The Fratricides

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“These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here”
― Émile Zola, Work

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“The manner of his life was of no importance. What affected her was that he had once been young. That he had grown old, and was now dead. That was all. Youth and vigour had come to that. Youth and vigour always came to that. Everything came to that.”
― Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives' Tale

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“It was like hate on a deathbed.”
― Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory

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