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“One does not go back to reconquer the myth, one encounters it anew, when time quakes at its foundations under the empire of extreme danger.”
― Nomadology: The War Machine
― Nomadology: The War Machine

“At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger

“Do not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.”
― The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
― The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

“I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger

“And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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