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- Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm… Book
- History isn't the lies of the victors, as I once glibly assured Old Joe Hunt; I know that now. It's more the memories of the… Assured
- The next day, when I was sober, I thought again about the three of us, and about time's many paradoxes. For instance: that when we… Armoured
- I have at times tried to imagine the despair which leads to suicide, attempted to conjure up the slew and slop of darkness in which… Appears
- I know this much: that there is objective time, but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist, next to… Inside
- Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give… Age
- The more you learn, the less you fear. "Learn" not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life. Academic
- This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use; back then it was a 'broken home'... Broken
- What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd… Afraid
- Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to… Begin
- What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed. End
- Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual. Game
- But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get soggy at the… Been
- I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was. Bother
- In my terms, I settled for the realities of life, and submitted to its necessities: if this, then that, and so the years passed. In… Abandoned
- You can put it another way, of course; you always can. Another Way
- I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen. Happen
- ...God knows you can have complication and difficulty without any compensating depth or seriousness Any
- Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary Contrary
- There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest. Accumulation
- And perhaps it was also the case that, for all a lifetime's internal struggling, you were finally no more than what others saw you as.… All
- Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly? Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred… Brighter
- Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be. Items
- And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A feeling which is… Amends
- The rainbow in place of the unicorn? Why didn't God just restore the unicorn? We animals would have been happier with that, instead of a… Animal
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