When you stay too long in the same place, things and people go to pot on you, they rot and start stinking for your special benefit.
("Journey to the End of the Night")
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The plain truth, I may as well admit it, is that I've never been really right in the head.
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Truth is a pain which will not stop. And the truth of this world is to die. You must choose: either dying or lying. Personally, I have never been able to kill myself.
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Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's yes, all's well. That is enough.
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An unfamiliar city is a fine thing. That's the time and place when you can suppose that all the people you meet are nice. It's dream time.
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