"Choice, with its inevitable invitations to loss, is always such a trial."

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Source : Donald Antrim (2011). “The Verificationist: A Novel”, p.8, Macmillan

Donald Antrim

#Loss Quotes #Choices Quotes #Trials Quotes

“Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.”
“Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.”
“A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.”
“No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.”
“Everything in your world is filled with intelligence, even the so-called inanimate objects. Treat them intelligently if you wish to obtain intelligent, harmonious results.”
“Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.”
“That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game.”
“Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life.”

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