"We are in truth but pieces on this chess board of life, which in the end we leave, only to drop one by one into the grave of nothingness."

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Source : Omar Khayyam (1898). “Quatrains of Omar Khayyam: In English Prose”

Omar Khayyam

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“Some people die, others just run out of fuel.”

Source : Carmen Boullosa (2007). “Cleopatra Dismounts: A Novel”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.”
“I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.”
“The test of character is not persistence when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel. The true test is performance and persistence when you see no light coming.”
“People were interesting at first. Then later, slowly but surely, all the flaws and madness would manifest themselves. I would become less and less to them; they would mean less and less to me.”
“Instinct tells me to go to Hannah's, but she doesn't live there anymore and that's when I realize the major difference between my mother and Hannah. My mother deserted me at the 7-Eleven, hundred of kilometers away from home. Hannah, however, did the unforgivable. She deserted me in our own backyard.”
“Oh, my stars! Think about Prince Kai! You could dance with Prince Kai!â€ This made Cinder pause and squint into Ikoâ€™s blinding light. â€œWhy would the prince dance with me?â€ Ikoâ€™s fan hummed as she sought an answer. â€œBecause you wonâ€™t have grease on your face this time.”
“There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table.”

Source : "Susan Minot's Torrid World of Individual Desire" by Will Blythe, www.elle.com. January 28, 2014.

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