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“He whose life has a why can bear almost any how.”
Jordan B. Peterson • 12 Rules for Life
People who fear death—Lord Beel does, I guess—live no longer than those who don’t, and live scared. I’d rather be the kind of knight I am—a knight who has nothing—than live like he does, with power and money that can never be enough.”
Gene Wolfe • The Wizard Knight: (Comprising The Knight and The Wizard)
you get so alone at times that it just makes sense
Charles Bukowski • You Get So Alone at Times
He was already sick.
And it was clear by his appearance, as he said so well “more & more was being taken from less and less”
“How are you feeling?” - the host asked.
“well, I’m dying.” - He said - "But so too, are you"
ian hollander @ianhollander
But little by little the oscillations become slower, to the point of resolving themselves in mild and melancholic long waves; from this moment on all is decided, and life is nothing more than a preparation for death. This can be expressed in a more brutal and less exact way by saying that man is a diminished adolescent.
Michel Houellebecq, To Litt (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Paul Hammond (Translator) • Whatever (Serpent's Tail Classics)
Look, O LORD, and see how worthless I have become. 12 Is it nothing to you,[2] all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Bob Dylan asks Cohen: "How long did it take you to write Hallelujah?”
“A couple of years” - Cohen replied.
It was a lie — it took him 7 years but he wanted to play it down
Cohen then asked Bob Dylan: “How long did it take you to write Just Like a Woman... See more
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