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“Does vengeance or blame ease the sorrow of heart-ache? We all make mistakes. Life can’t be lived without harm to others.”
― Stormed Fortress
― Stormed Fortress
“Mostly they laughed because they laughed, feeding off each other until they could barely stand.”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
“Yeah', said Fats. 'Fucking and dying. That's it, innit? Fucking and dying. That's life.'
'Trying to get a fuck and trying not to die.'
'Or trying to die', said Fats. 'Some people. Risking it.'
'Yeah, Risking it.'
[...]
'Ans music', said Andrew quietly, watching the blue smoke hanging beneath the dark rock.
'Yeah', said Fats, in the distance. 'And music.”
― The Casual Vacancy
'Trying to get a fuck and trying not to die.'
'Or trying to die', said Fats. 'Some people. Risking it.'
'Yeah, Risking it.'
[...]
'Ans music', said Andrew quietly, watching the blue smoke hanging beneath the dark rock.
'Yeah', said Fats, in the distance. 'And music.”
― The Casual Vacancy
“Was it love when somebody filled a space in your life that yawned inside you, once they had gone?”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
“He never seemed to grasp the immense mutability of human nature, nor to appreciate that behind every nondescript face lay a wild and unique hinterland like his own.”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
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