"He no longer wished to be dead. At……" — Paul Auster
"He no longer wished to be dead. At the same time, it cannot be said that he was glad to be alive. But at least he did not resent it. He was alive, and the stubbornness of this fact had little by little begun to fascinate him - as if he had managed to outlive himself, as if he were somehow living a posthumous life."
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173 Quotes by Paul Auster
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
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