For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die … - D.B.C. Pierre

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I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

D.B.C. Pierre

For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly.

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Don’t be lookin up at no sky for help. Look down here, at us twisted dreamers.

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And here I'm struck by an epiphany so monstrous in its scale, so blinding in its effect that I feel my skin has turned inside out under the sun, that my innards possess magnetic qualities able to call vast fortunes together. And it's this: anything can happen if I want it to.

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