Despair wasn’t a guest, you didn’t play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy.


“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again."
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― A Farewell to Arms
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― A Farewell to Arms

“So, are you shitting your pants?” Scherbina asked. “Not yet,” Sklyarov said. “But I think things are going that way.”
― Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
― Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
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