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“ Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”

“It is silly not to hope, he thought. Besides, I believe it is a sin. Do not think about sin, he thought. There are enough problems now without sin. Also, I have no understanding of it.

“ ‘But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated.’”

“ I must hold his pain where it is, he thought. Mine does not matter. I can control mine but his pain could drive him mad.”

“And pain does not matter to a man.”

“Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts.”

“The thousand times that he proved it meant nothing. Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it.”

“I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run. If I were him I would put in everything joe and go until something broke.”

“Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.”

“I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I am?”

“He […] tried not to think but only to endure.”

“To share fear is the greatest bond of all.”

i finished death of ivan ilyich long ago but alas never read master and man. so im marking it as read and then will give it a reread eventually. don’t judge me 😩 (im judging myself for letting this sit in currently reading for years LMAO)

irony is armor…but it doesn’t have to be a prison

“He did not say that because he knew that if you said a good thing it might not happen.”

“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”

Just finished chapter one and I’m already crying

thought daughter

“The tyranny of opinion – and what opinion! – is as stupid in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America.”

why is this book actually hilarious

heavy on the YA vibes so far. may DNF if it doesn’t improve.