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“Millions of books written on every conceivable subject by all these great minds and in the end, none of them knows anything more about the big questions of life than I do � I read Socrates. This guy knocked off little Greek boys. What the Hell’s he got to teach me? And Nietzsche, with his theory of eternal recurrence. He said that the life we lived we’re gonna live over again the exact same way for eternity. Great. That means I’ll have to sit through the Ice Capades again. It’s not worth it. And Freud, another great pessimist. I was in analysis for years and nothing happened. My poor analyst got so frustrated, the guy finally put in a salad bar. Maybe the poets are right. Maybe love is the only answer.”
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“Sure baby, mañana. It was always mañana. For the next few weeks that was all I heard––mañana a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.”
― On the Road
― On the Road

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
― On the Road
― On the Road

گروهي براي علاقمندان به داستان كوتاه اينجا گرد هم اومديم تا داستان بخونيم ، داستان بنويسيم ، با هم حرف بزنيم و حداقل چند دقيقه دلمشغولي هاي بي انتها ...more
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