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Jak powiedział Shakespeare, jeśli umrę w tym roku, nie będę musiał umierać w następnym.

“But the absence of fighting or hatred or desire also means the opposites do not exist either. No joy, no communion, no love. Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.” 334

“Okay, I may have been destined to disintegrate in the very near future, but I wasn’t prepared to be pate for some creature from the black lagoon. I wanted to die under the sun.” 299

“Ah, to lie back and look at the sky. I’d go to the barber, get a shave, stroll over to Gaien Park, lie down and gaze up at the blue. Maybe sip an ice-cold beer. Just the thing, while waiting for the end of the world.” 305

“In the absence of talk, the cry of empty earth pours into the room and fills our silence.” 292

“Please come back. Let me hear you play the instrument.” 296 🥺

“It’s not death. It’s eternal life. And you get t’be yourself. Compared to that, this world isn’t but a momentary fantasy. Please don’t forget that.”

“Get accustomed to carefree days and you drop your guard. You know the old saying: When the sun leaks through again, patch the roof for rain.” 253

“The best musicians transpose consciousness into sound; painters do the same for color and shape. Mental phenomena are the stuff writers make into novels.” 262

“A good woodsman has only one scar on him.” 244

“You are not lost. It’s just that your own thoughts are being kept from you, or hidden away. But the mind is strong. It survives even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed—your self. You must believe in your own powers.” 249