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Alan Moore
Alan Moore

Alan Moore is a renowned British writer, best known for his exceptional contributions to the comic book industry. His works, such as 'V for Vendetta', 'Watchmen', and 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen', are considered classics of modern comics. Moore is praised for his unique narrative style and in-depth exploration of complex themes. more

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“The occurrence of an event is not the same thing as knowing what it is that one has lived through. Most people had not lived -- nor could it, for that matter, be said that they had died-- through any of their terrible events. They had simply been stunned by the hammer. They passed their lives thereafter in a kind of limbo of denied and unexamined pain. The great question that faced him this morning was whether or not had had ever, really, been present at his life.”

“This self now as I leant over the gate looking down over fields rolling in waves of colour beneath me made no answer. He threw up no opposition. He attempted no phrase. His fist did not form. I waited. I listened. Nothing came, nothing. I cried then with a sudden conviction of complete desertion. Now there is nothing. No fin breaks the waste of this immeasurable sea. Life has destroyed me. No echo comes when I speak, no varied words. This is more truly death than the death of friends, than the death of youth.”