“When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I
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“All that hatred down there," he said, "all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart.”
― Sonny's Blues
― Sonny's Blues
“Adrian Veidt: I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end.
Dr. Manhattan: 'In the end'? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”
― Watchmen
Dr. Manhattan: 'In the end'? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”
― Watchmen
“I could say "Elves" to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself.”
― Mending Wall
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself.”
― Mending Wall
“Not altogether a fool," said G., "but then he's a poet, which I take to be only one remove from a fool.”
― The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2
― The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2
“Do I dare Disturb the universe?”
― The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
― The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
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