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How, if my parents were dead, could there still be some part of me that felt relief at not being found out?
“No wonder kids grow up crazy. A cat's cradle is nothing but a bunch of X's between somebody's hands, and little kids look and look and look at all those X's . . ."
"And?"
"No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
― Cat’s Cradle
"And?"
"No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
― Cat’s Cradle
“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“I have been mortal, and some part of me is mortal yet. I am full of tears and hunger and the fear of death, although I cannot weep, and I want nothing, and I cannot die. I am not like the others now, for no unicorn was ever born who could regret, but I do. I regret.”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
“You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
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