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He had always detested funerals and avoided them as much as possible. But it’s different, he thought, when it’s your own funeral. You feel it’s one of those occasions that shouldn’t be missed.

— 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.

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

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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.

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