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“Death doesn’t like the old. Their acrid smell, their tough skin, their gaze worn out from used-up dreams, their beaten-dog spines… Death hates that! Whatever else you can say about Death, it likes them young. Death is a dirty old man.”

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Book:L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

Source: L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

“The body gives up faster than the soul. Time wrinkles it, wounds it, debases it. Varicose veins, menopause… Time makes it a caricature… The body plays along, a good sport. The soul, though, is a sore loser. It needs more time to blow out the candles. It only concedes in fits and starts… through painful revelations… through a series of frights.”

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“What am I going to do? Not read, anyway… I hate reading! Finally change that leaky shower head? Never! At least this way there’s somebody to cry over my fate.”

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Book:L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

Source: L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

“Words could never express the infinite sadness of a used condom, removed from your already half-limp dick by an expert hand, which then strangles it with a precise, automatic gesture.”

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Book:L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

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“To all the fish, big or small. May a wave carry you to the top of a tree some day. And from that summit, may you contemplate the immensity of the ocean.”

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Book:L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

Source: L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

“So, this is retirement? This feeling of emptiness?”

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Book:L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

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“How many times have I told them that I’m enjoying life and finally taking my time? While in reality, it’s actually time that’s taking me, bit by bit, like the cruel tide gnawing at the cliffside. Retirement, my ass! More like a retreat from life!”

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Book:L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

Source: L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments