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Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.

Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.



There is no God and we are his prophets.

There is no God and we are his prophets.



People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.

People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.



Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.

Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.



By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.

By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.



You have my whole heart. You always did.

You have my whole heart. You always did.



This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job.

This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job.



He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.

He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.



He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he.

He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he.



Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.

Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.





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