“Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
“Loneliness was an unsatisfied thirst for illusion.”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
“One could not do without repetition in life, like the beating of the heart, but it was also true that the beating of the heart was not all there was to life.”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
“If from the beginning you always believed that a ticket was only one-way, then you wouldn't have to try so vainly to cling to the sand like an oyster to a rock.”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
“If there were no risk of a punishment, a getaway would lose the pleasure.”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
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