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Already half-an-hour into the audiobook and I can't bring myself to keep listening after having chicken breasts for supper. It's way too nauseating. I love it. Fantastic book. ...more "
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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“My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties have always needed...extentions. That's why I'm here with you. You're smiling again, or rather you're SMIRKING. Funny word, smirk. Rather like an extraterrestrial surname. Simon Smirk. How do you think that sounds?”
― Songs of a Dead Dreamer
― Songs of a Dead Dreamer
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