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“But if the newsman is worthy of contempt, the news-reader bears an equal burden of scorn. A person who makes it their business to read the news every day, wallowing in matters which he could not possibly hope to affect, is a foolish wretch. There is no end to human unhappiness, and so there is no end to his unhappiness.”

“The more she looked at Tobias, the more handsome he seemed. There were two types of beautiful people. Some you looked at and they were immediately stunning. And then you couldn’t help but start to notice flaws in their looks. It was almost as if the brain set out to find these flaws. And then there were people whose beauty began to emerge and improve the more you looked at them.”

“Because – how do you explain that it is never inspiration that drives you to tell a story, but rather a combination of anger and clarity?"

“Boys had no need of peripheral vision or a sense for being observed. It must be nice being biologically programmed with such arrogance, to be kings of the world.”

“I do not believe people are inherently good or evil, but rather a byproduct of their circumstances. It would be impossible for even the gentlest souls to live sinless lives when they are surrounded by constant famine, violence, and war.”

“Human life is quick. I do not mean life is short. I mean, the reason we feel like certain significant days happened only yesterday is because they did. Many of us have bodies that age preposterously out of proportion with how young we are. It’s like, aging in theatre time… we’re all seven year olds hired to play the parts of adults. A decade is not long. Two decades is not long. We say it is because we weigh it against the end of our lifespan, our lifespans are short and do not give us time to feel temperamentally in proportion. …death’s biggest surprise is that it does not end the conversation.”