

“I note that I've lived longer in the past now, than I can expect to live in the future. I have more to remember than I have to look forward to. Memory fades, not much of the past stays, and I wouldn't mind forgetting more of it.”
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

“I know I am talking nonsense, but I’d rather go rambling on, and partly expressing something I find it difficult to express, than to keep on transmitting faultless platitudes.”
― The Magic Mountain
― The Magic Mountain

“Maybe when we die, the first thing we’ll say is, 'I know this feeling. I was here before.”
― White Noise
― White Noise

“Death's an old story, but new for each person.”
― Fathers and Children: Introduction by John Bayley
― Fathers and Children: Introduction by John Bayley

“I'm so scared of dying without ever being really seen. Can you understand?”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
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