"Of course, living is another way of killing oneself: its drawback is that it takes so horribly long."

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Source : "Detective Story". Book by Imre Kertész, 2008.

Imre KertÃ©sz

#Long Quotes #Way Quotes #Killing Quotes

“If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?”
“Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl.”
“Content marketing is more than a buzzword. It is the hottest trend in marketing because it is the biggest gap between what buyers want and brands produce.”
“My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.”

Source : "Joanna Lumley: Animals Are Just Like Us". Interview with Dan Mathews, www.peta.org. December 6, 2010.
“For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills.”
“Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.”
“Self is not liberated. It was never bound. What gets liberated are the demons as well as gods of your mind. Set them free. You are sick of playing with the game. Be willing to not play the game. This takes huge resolve.”
“The earliest and most primitive known members of every order already have the basic ordinal characters, and in no case is an approximately continuous sequence from one order to another known. In most cases the break is so sharp and the gap so large that the origin of the order is speculative and much disputed.”

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