Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth.
タグ: truth, life, death

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Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the wrong thing just because it's dangerous. We're more concerned with not looking scared than with judging right.
タグ: philosophy, fear
The only instrument I play myself is the ukulele.
タグ: instrument, play, only, myself
True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.
タグ: flowers, responsibility, education, love
We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.
タグ: forever, need, time, silence
Trying to understand superstition rationally is like trying to pick up something made of wood by using a magnet.
タグ: wood, like, trying, understand
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