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“What is life for? he asks himself. What is my life for?”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“There were times when the pressure to achieve happiness felt almost oppressive, as if happiness were something that everyone should and could attain, that any sort of compromise in its pursuit was somehow your fault.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“It's a good story,' he said. He even grinned at me. 'I'll tell you.'
'Please,' I said.
And then he did.”
― A Little Life
'Please,' I said.
And then he did.”
― A Little Life
“Are you happy? he once asked Jude (they must have been drunk).
I don't think happiness is for me, Jude had said at last, as if Willem had been offering him a dish he didn't want to eat.
But it's for you, Willem.”
― A Little Life
I don't think happiness is for me, Jude had said at last, as if Willem had been offering him a dish he didn't want to eat.
But it's for you, Willem.”
― A Little Life
“But then, once you agree, it is necessary that you, the cajoler, move into the realm of self-deception, because you can see that it is costing them, you can see how much they don't want to be here, you can see that the act of existing is depleting for them, and then you have to tell yourself every day: I am doing the right thing.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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