The more you fail to
experience your life fully, the more you will fear death. Nietzsche expressed this idea forcefully in two short epigrams: "Consummate your life" and "Die at the right time"-as did Zorba the Greek in urging, "Leave death
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“You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“It is always consoling to think of suicide;
it's what gets one through many a bad night.”
― Dark Places
it's what gets one through many a bad night.”
― Dark Places
“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on it and it's hollow. Look under the shells: it's not there.”
― The Power
― The Power
“One of them says, 'Why did they do it?'
And the other answers, 'Because they could.'
That is the only answer there ever is.”
― The Power
And the other answers, 'Because they could.'
That is the only answer there ever is.”
― The Power
“Connor:I let her go. I could have held on but I let her go.
The Monster:And that is the truth.
Connor:I didn't mean it, though! I didn't mean to let her go! And now it's for real! Now she's going to die and it's my fault!
The Monster:And that is not the truth at all.”
― A Monster Calls
The Monster:And that is the truth.
Connor:I didn't mean it, though! I didn't mean to let her go! And now it's for real! Now she's going to die and it's my fault!
The Monster:And that is not the truth at all.”
― A Monster Calls
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