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-Anita Brookner
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"Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.“
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
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