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Vigil

by George Saunders

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Laurie’s Quotes

“my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.”
― Charles Bukowski

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“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau

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“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: disillusionment, growing-up, humor

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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspiration

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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

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