"Idiot. Which road do you take when you're running from something weaker than yourself? Or maybe you're the one looking for an excuse to back out."

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For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the middle of a sentence it will come over me: yes, beyond a doubt this is death. There is little to do but groan and make an excuse and slip away as quickly as one can.

— Walker Percy