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— Jesus. What part of your philosophy books cover feeding a fellow to a goddamn alligator, Dutch?
— The part that covers weakness. That part.
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— Why do you ask 'what?'"
— When the delicious question is 'when?'"
— The only difference between past and present...
— ...is semantics.
— Lives, lived, will live.
— Dies, died, will die.
— If we could perceive time as it truly was...
— ...what reason would grammar professors have to get out of bed?
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It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it.