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“ it’s precisely because of the pain, precisely because we want to overcome that pain, that we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive— or at least a partial sense of it.”
— 17 hours, 27 min ago
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“ And one of the privileges given to those who’ve avoided dying young is the blessed right to grow old.” I was just talking about this with my friends.
— 18 hours, 21 min ago
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“when I look back on that race now I can see that I had a lot of meaning for me as a runner. I don’t know what sort of general significance running 62 miles by yourself has, but as an action that deviates from the ordinary yet doesn’t violate basic values, you’d expected to afford you a special sort of self-awareness. It should add a few new elements to your inventory and understanding who you are.”
— Mar 05, 2026 05:52PM
