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“When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”
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“It seems to me that anyone whose library consists of a Kindle lying on a table is some sort of bloodless nerd.”
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“In all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.”
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“Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.”
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“...There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
― Black Skin, White Masks
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