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“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
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“I am not young enough to know everything.”
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“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”
― Inkspell
― Inkspell
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