“I am afraid of reduction. After a lifetime's independence- yes, selfish independence- I am terrified of being reduced to childhood once more, to helplessness, to seas of confusion from which the cruel lucid intervals poke up like rock shoals. I don't want to sit in my chair and be fed, much less do I want to be handed over to medical professionals.”
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“I feel like my maybe someday just became my right now.”
“Whatsume'er the failings on his part, Remember reader he were that good in his hart.”
“Life is full of traps: Poisons can be sweet; darkness can shine!”
“Remove yourself from temptation. Don't even look at something if you know you shouldn't have it.”