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Sometimes it feels like I am lying at the bottom of a murky pond, the weight of the dirty liquid pushing down on me, filling me up with secrets and filth. There are moments when I think it would be a relief to drown, for it all to be over.
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“Nope, I said to myself while climbing into bed and switching off the light, there is no kindness in any of that. For kindness begins where necessity ends.”
― The Lincoln Highway
― The Lincoln Highway
“All that remained was a poem and the call to be remembered, a mark to prove he’d been there. I am Solo. And a haze of chalk fell through the air like the ghost of unwritten words.”
― Shift
― Shift
“As William Shakespeare said in Henry IV, “we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next.”
― Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
― Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
“That’s that. I’m not saying that anything nefarious happened, only saying what happened.” He gestured for a refill. “One thing I’ve learned in my job is that life is cheap, and when things start getting expensive, it gets cheaper still.”
― Harlem Shuffle
― Harlem Shuffle
“And there are things about the Swiss you have to admire. They are so punktlich, so punctual— this is funny at first, but what is it but a regard for the other person? You are saying to the other person, your time is as valuable as mine, so I will not waste yours by being late. Let us agree we are all equally important and so everyone has to be on time, in order to respect each other.”
― The Ministry for the Future
― The Ministry for the Future
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