“If death had only negative aspects, dying would be an unmanageable action.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”
― The Pale King
― The Pale King
“Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn't die when he should but when he can.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.”
― A Happy Death
― A Happy Death
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