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There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.

— Peter S. Beagle A Fine and Private Place (1960)

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Don't look back, and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal; it attracts their attention.

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The one delusion you never had in your life was the one about the permanence of happiness.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

I am infected with life and will die of it in time.

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Beautiful is a word for young people. Beauty is a phase you grow through, like acne.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

He sighed, telling himself that the inevitable is a great blessing to a man weary of making choices.

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