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“He laughed to himself he said because if he did not laugh he would cry.”
― Michael Morpurgo, War Horse

“Tragedies in hindsight look like farces. When you describe your fear to someone else, it seems ridiculous. That's human nature.”
― Dmitri Shostakovich, Testimony: The Memoirs

“How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it's some kind of murder?”
― Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

“What can you know about a person? They shift
in the light. You can’t light up all sides at once. Add
a second light and you get a second darkness, it’s only
fair.”
― Richard Siken, War of the Foxes