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“A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.”

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Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.

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“As I listened I thought a featureless baggy man was striking me in slow motion with a well-polished stone.”

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“Those who have abandoned belief must still believe in us. They are sure that they are right not to believe but they know belief must not fade completely. Hell is when no one believes. There must always be believers. Fools, idiots, those who hear voices, those who speak in tongues. We are your lunatics. We surrender our lives to make…

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“The plane had lost power in all three engines, dropped from thirty-four thousand feet to twelve thousand feet. Something like four miles. When the steep glide began, people rose, fell, collided, swam in their seats. Then the serious screaming and moaning began. Almost immediately a voice from the flight deck was heard on the intercom: "We're falling out of the…

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“Grass: I live in a great steel tower that reflects the blazing sun. People catch fire just walking by. The more bodies that pile up around you, the greater your equity, the stronger your power, the longer you live. This is the point of living in a high rise. To see the bodies pile up at sunset, the nostalgic hour,…

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“What people discard could make a nation”

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“Marriage is something we make from available materials. In this sense it’s improvised, it’s almost offhand. Maybe this is why we know so little…

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The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. The true life takes place when we're alone, thinking,…

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