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What am I dying for? he cried back. I’m dying because this world I’m living in isn’t worth dying for! If something is worth dying for, then you’ve got a reason to live.
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Bon says this. A ruthless killer who loves his friends and his family. Kind of like God in being able to offer both punishment and love. A man of paradox and contradiction, as expressed in this quote. Bon might be kind of scary in person, but I really like him as a character on a page. I’m pretty sure I also read somewhere that this quote helped inspire a Green Day song, but now I can’t find any trace of that online. Help me out here. I did find out that Sleater-Kinney was inspired by The Sympathizer. https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/sleater-kinney-the-center-wont-hold-interview/
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Gail
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Gail
On your webpage, there is a mention of Blink 182’s song The Last Train being inspired by this quote from The Sympathizer.
Grace
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Grace
Loved this particular line. It stuck with me.
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Thanks, Gail. Here are the relevant lines from The Last Train:
The only time I feel alive is when I find something I would die for
(The last train home)
The only time I feel alive is when I find somethin…
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