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As they take eye for an eye until no one can see,
we must stumble blindly forward, repeating history.

— Conor Oberst Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

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More quotes by Conor Oberst

You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault.

In a coma, you don't dream,
you just hope that someone sits with you.

Letting Off the Happiness (1998)

My head's a carousel of pictures and
The spinning never stops.

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

Because the truth is that gossip
is as good as gospel in this town.
You can save face but
you won't ever save your soul.
And that's a fact.

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

And I never thought this life was possible,You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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