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“He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her,” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t have the same impact.”

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Claire LaZebnik

Claire LaZebnik is a novelist known for her intricate emotional storytelling and profound character development. The exact dates of her birth and death are unknown. more

“And that's a life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments. It's been interesting to me, though I wouldn't complain or be amazed if others found it less so. Maybe, in a way, Adrian knew what he was doing. Not that I would have missed my own life for anything, you understand. [pp.60-61]”

Ifs Way Found My Own Interesting Achievement Disappointment Complaining Amazed My Own Life

Book:The Sense of an Ending

Source: The Sense of an Ending

“Discovering, for example, that as witnesses to your life diminish, there is less corroboration, and therefore less certainty, as to what you are or have been. [p. 65]”

Has Beens Example Certainty Witness Discovering Diminish

Author:Julian Barnes

“After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.”

Running Death Risk Murder Murderer Promotion

Author:Albert Camus

“I remember laughing with relief that the same old adolescent boredom goes on from generation to generation. ...the words took me back to my own years of stagnancy, and that terrible waiting for life to begin. [p. 68]”

Years Remember Waiting My Own Laughing Generations Goes On Terrible Boredom Relief

Author:Julian Barnes

“She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed.”

Air

Book:Selected Stories

Source: Selected Stories

“To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?”

People Ifs Doe Joy Pleasure Worry Study Gentleman Far Away True Gentleman

Author:Confucius

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