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“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“These wrinkles are nothing
These gray hairs are nothing,
This stomach which sags
with old food, these bruised
and swollen ankles,
my darkening brain,
they are nothing.
I am the same boy
my mother used to kiss.”
― Mark Strand

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
― Franz Kafka

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
― Carlos Castaneda

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
― Plato

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor