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And again, the dark street. The dark, dark street. The women out shopping for the evening meal of course, and baby carriage and the silver bicycle were already painted out by the darkness; most of the commuters too were already in place in their filing-drawer houses. A half-forsaken chasm of time .... ↗

— Kōbō Abe

#darkness #forsaken #life #life

I’ll stab him,” offers Jaden as she makes a stabbing motion. “You expect me to play along?” Rob scoffs, gripping his arm protectively. “Pretty much,” replies Landon earnestly. “You’re serious?” “As a heart attack.” “No,” argues Rob. “I’m not going to let Jaden—or anyone else—skewer me.” He’s greeted with an amused silence. “Bleedin’ crime is what it is,” he mutters. “Why can’t someone else go all noble sacrifice-y? It’s because I’m English, ain’t it? ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#humor #laura-kreitzer #scifi #summer-chronicles #scifi

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#end #i #iraqi #iraqi people #isolation

There's something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there is a part of me that thinks, I wonder how hard they tried? ↗

— Judd Apatow

#baby #breaking #breaking up #divorced #get

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. ↗

— Aristotle

#best #best friend #friend #man #me

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. ↗

— Aristotle

#best friend #friend #man #me #sake

And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#always #just #politics #sake #want

Men exist for the sake of one another. ↗