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I knew then that I would devote every minute we had left together to making her happy, to repairing the pain I had caused her and returning to her wh...more

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1I smiled bitterly, a defeated man pitifully begging a God in whom he had never trusted.

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God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil....

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that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

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Inspiration comes when you stick your elbows on the table, your bottom on the chair and you start sweating. Choose a theme, an idea, and squeeze your ...more

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Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.

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Max had once read in one of his father's books that some childhood images become engraved in the mind like photographs, like scenes you can return to ...more

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1My father says a hunch is your brain’s way of taking a short cut to the truth,’ replied Max.‘He’s a wise man, your father. What else does he say?’‘Th...more

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Destiny is usually around the corner. Like a thief, like a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does ...more

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Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every t...more

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The dead never go to their own funeral.

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I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of th...more