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Old age is the new childhood.


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I don’t like being left for long struggling with my dangerous self.



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The past looks worse the closer you look at it.



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Whoever thought that pleasure makes you happy?



I am dust and my story ends here.

I am dust and my story ends here.



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Act – make an event. Smash the coordinates and see where the smithereens fly. Let in the madness, and be sure to be a danger to oneself and others. Too much thinking turns you into that fool Hamlet.



I’m using Mao as my inspiration. “Cast away illusions. Prepare for struggle.” I’m back in business, baby. You don’t know you’re stuck until you get moving.

I’m using Mao as my inspiration. “Cast away illusions. Prepare for struggle.” I’m back in business, baby. You don’t know you’re stuck until you get moving.





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This page presents the quote "Old age is the new childhood.". Author of this quote is Hanif Kureishi, The Nothing. This quote is about childhood, old-age,.