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“At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all.” H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
“Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead.” C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“this is the age of the disposable tissue. Blow your nose on a person, wad them, flush them away, reach for another, blow, wad, flush.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“I'm breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions . . . because only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“in the long run . . . success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.” Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

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