Men and women Quote by Kevin Powers

““And what did it mean that this choice was an illusion, that all choices are illusions, or that if they are not illusions, their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choice of all the other men and women deciding in that moment?””

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“People are going to die," he said flatly. "It's statistics." Then he got up and left the room.”

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The details of the world in which we live are always secondary to the fact that we must live in them.

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