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“They had lived reasonably and logically, with fine practicality, and it had come to this. Over halfway through life, possibly much closer to the end than they knew, this was where they found themselves.”
― Connell Evan S

“He reflected that there were many things he had not done because for one reason or another they seemed unsafe -- too many, perhaps.”
― Connell, Evan S

“Aging followed by death is the price we pay for the immorality of our genes. You find this information soul-killing; I find it thrilling, liberating. Life, in my view, is simple, tragic, and eerily beautiful.”
― David Shields, The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead

“Up to a certain point one can get very used to pain; as I couldn’t make my legs better, I got used to the pain.”
― Marlen Haushofer, The Wall