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“We may think we own cats, but that’s not the way it is. They simply allow us the pleasure of their company.”
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
“A lyric poet of twenty might manage it, but I am
twenty no longer, and have never been a poet at any
rate.”
― Sun and Steel
twenty no longer, and have never been a poet at any
rate.”
― Sun and Steel
“It's the future you'll never get to see that you really regret missing most of all when you die. I realize it's strange to use the word 'regret' about things that haven't happened yet, but I couldn't stop myself from thinking, If only I could live longer, I could do this or that. It's a weird train of thought, because the list of things that I wanted to do was made up of things that didn't really matter in the end.”
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
“When you think about it, there must be all kinds of things cluttering up the world which are borderline unnecessary. Maybe the entire human race is unnecessary. The world we live in has no meaning at all.”
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
“Why, when solitude howling like the sea bestrode the gaudy lights of the nocturnal city, should one proceed to dance?”
― Acts of Worship: Seven Stories
― Acts of Worship: Seven Stories
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