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“Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red.”
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“I am made of memories.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“His descent was like nightfall.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’
Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.”
― The Secret History
Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.”
― The Secret History
“Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.”
― Circe
― Circe
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