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“Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.”
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
“Anybody can justify anything. It's what separates us from animals. It's a waste of time, though, isn't it-sitting around justifying when there's so much to be done?”
― A Million Heavens
― A Million Heavens
“any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man”
― The Sound and the Fury
― The Sound and the Fury
“Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
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“Meager as it is. Nothing to lose as I have. Nothing is something somehow.”
― The Dog Stars
― The Dog Stars
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