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Thomas Bernhard
“If we cannot become what we want to become, we resort to another person—inevitably the person closest to us—and make of him what we have been unable to make of ourselves”
Thomas Bernhard, Woodcutters

James S.A. Corey
“How’re you doing, Cap’n?” Amos asked. “You seem a little twitchy.” “Fine,” Jim said. “Just covering near-constant panic with light humor, same as anyone.”
James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“I had asked Hunter once, when he was in a rare calm mood, 'Do you know when you're about to change? Are you aware of it?' Hunter said, 'Sandy, do you know what it's like? I'm just standing here, and I have a sense that something is about to happen. And then I start to turn my head, and it's here. The monster's here.”
Jann S. Wenner, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

Joe Abercrombie
“Anyone can face ease and success with confidence. It is the way we face trouble and misfortune that defines us. Self-pity goes with selfishness, and there is nothing more to be deplored in a leader than that. Selfishness belongs to children, and to half-wits. A great leader puts others before himself. You would be surprised how acting so makes it easier to bear one’s own troubles. In order to act like a King, one need only treat everyone else like one.”
Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged

“Only the middle ground of this wicked world mattered, the vast gap that stretched between, and those who were born with enough grit to brave it.”
David Joy, Where All Light Tends to Go

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