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Only meaning can make a difference and we all know there's no meaning. All stories express a desire for meaning, not meaning itself. Therefore any difference knowing the story makes is a delusion.

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Glen Duncan
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 17
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Glen A. Duncan
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Every present anger derives from past weakness.
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My mother once told me she thought hell would be nothing more than being given a glimpse of God--then having it taken away, forever.
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The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on. Delightful endless futility.
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I don’t know where the universe came from or what happens to creatures when they die. I don’t know if the whole thing’s an unravelling accident or an inscrutable design. I don’t know how one should live—but I know that one should live, if one can possibly bear it.
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