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“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Sailing Alone around the World
― Sailing Alone around the World
“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
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“We always see ourselves as constant, and others as less so, no matter what policy shifts we ourselves may have been guilty of.”
― You Bright and Risen Angels
― You Bright and Risen Angels
“See the moon? It hates us.”
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“A process of accretion. Barnacles growing on a wreck or a rock. I'd rather have a wreck than a ship that sails. Things attach themselves to wrecks. Strange fish find your wreck or rock to be a good feeding ground; after a while you've got a situation with possibilities.”
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