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Claire North quotes: I hate LA. Endless straight lines from nowhere particular to nothing much especially. Even

I hate LA. Endless straight lines from nowhere particular to nothing much especially. Even

Claire North quotes: When you are alone, even the quiet is full of monsters

When you are alone, even the quiet is full of monsters

Claire North quotes: Time is not wisdom; wisdom is not intellect. I am still capable of being overwhelmed; he overwhelmed me. May

Time is not wisdom; wisdom is not intellect. I am still capable of being overwhelmed; he overwhelmed me. May

Claire North quotes: When we die it is as if the world resets, and only memory remains as evidence of the deeds we have done, no more and no less.

When we die it is as if the world resets, and only memory remains as evidence of the deeds we have done, no more and no less.

Claire North quotes: It was a reminder of the old truth that for tyranny to flourish all it required was the complicity of good men.

It was a reminder of the old truth that for tyranny to flourish all it required was the complicity of good men.

Claire North quotes: There is a black pit in the bottom of my soul that has no limit to its falling.

There is a black pit in the bottom of my soul that has no limit to its falling.

Claire North quotes: Everyone loves a Canadian.

Everyone loves a Canadian.

Claire North quotes: Single-minded dedication to just one thing, without rest, respite or distraction, is only conducive to migraines, not productivity.

Single-minded dedication to just one thing, without rest, respite or distraction, is only conducive to migraines, not productivity.

Claire North quotes: Until you have not been free, you cannot understand what freedom means.

Until you have not been free, you cannot understand what freedom means.

Claire North quotes: God, but he lied beautifully; it was a masterclass. If I hadn't been concentrating so hard on my own deceit, I would have stood up and applauded.

God, but he lied beautifully; it was a masterclass. If I hadn't been concentrating so hard on my own deceit, I would have stood up and applauded.

Claire North quotes: The most it ever seems we know how to do with time, is to waste it.

The most it ever seems we know how to do with time, is to waste it.

Claire North quotes: There is no loss, if you cannot remember what you have lost.

There is no loss, if you cannot remember what you have lost.

Claire North quotes: I know now that there is something dead inside me though I cannot remember exactly when it died.

I know now that there is something dead inside me though I cannot remember exactly when it died.

Claire North quotes: Insecurity is often the mother of aggression.

Insecurity is often the mother of aggression.

Claire North quotes: People always find difficult truths harder than easy lies.

People always find difficult truths harder than easy lies.

Claire North quotes: Death flies because it is the modern way of things but doesn't particularly enjoy it, except for occasionally, when he rides up front with the pilot.

Death flies because it is the modern way of things but doesn't particularly enjoy it, except for occasionally, when he rides up front with the pilot.

Claire North quotes: We all die. We don't have to live our lives fearing it.

We all die. We don't have to live our lives fearing it.

Claire North quotes: You should learn to live a little, rough it out-I'm telling you, there's no greater high.

You should learn to live a little, rough it out-I'm telling you, there's no greater high.

Claire North quotes: I locked my smile in the attack position,

I locked my smile in the attack position,

Claire North quotes: The roads weren't much to speak of, and the car's suspension had been welded in by a stonemason resentful of his change in career.

The roads weren't much to speak of, and the car's suspension had been welded in by a stonemason resentful of his change in career.

Claire North quotes: To regret your soul is to regret your past.

To regret your soul is to regret your past.

Claire North quotes: Men must be decent first and brilliant later, otherwise you're not helping people, just servicing the machine.

Men must be decent first and brilliant later, otherwise you're not helping people, just servicing the machine.

Claire North quotes: Ours is the fellowship of strangers who know a secret that we cannot express.

Ours is the fellowship of strangers who know a secret that we cannot express.

Claire North quotes: Tell me, in a world where wealth is power, and power is the only freedom, what would desperate men not do to be heard?" "Civil

Tell me, in a world where wealth is power, and power is the only freedom, what would desperate men not do to be heard?" "Civil

Claire North quotes: Forgive me," I wrote at the bottom. "I did not think I would break.

Forgive me," I wrote at the bottom. "I did not think I would break.

Claire North quotes: Blackmail is surprisingly difficult to pull off.

Blackmail is surprisingly difficult to pull off.

Claire North quotes: There is no loneliness more lonely than to be alone in a crowd. No awkwardness more unsettling than the inside joke you do not comprehend.

There is no loneliness more lonely than to be alone in a crowd. No awkwardness more unsettling than the inside joke you do not comprehend.

Claire North quotes: If Pietrok-111 was a one-horse town, Pietrok-112 was the glue factory where that horse went to die.

If Pietrok-111 was a one-horse town, Pietrok-112 was the glue factory where that horse went to die.

Claire North quotes: Nothing is ever quite enough. No matter who you are, there's always something more to be had, which could be yours if only you were someone else.

Nothing is ever quite enough. No matter who you are, there's always something more to be had, which could be yours if only you were someone else.

Claire North quotes: Consequences are only for the ones who stay behind.

Consequences are only for the ones who stay behind.

Claire North quotes: How the fuck do I know that my better is anything more than the great big fat lie we tell ourselves to justify the slow fat nothing of our days.

How the fuck do I know that my better is anything more than the great big fat lie we tell ourselves to justify the slow fat nothing of our days.

Claire North quotes: I was six years old. I was seven hundred and fifty. I was being hunted.

I was six years old. I was seven hundred and fifty. I was being hunted.

Claire North quotes: The world is boiled down to aphorisms and fairy tales.

The world is boiled down to aphorisms and fairy tales.

Claire North quotes: All men want to be someone else. It's what makes them do greater things with their lives. With the lives they can live.

All men want to be someone else. It's what makes them do greater things with their lives. With the lives they can live.

Claire North quotes: You must choose the life you live at the time you live it.

You must choose the life you live at the time you live it.

Claire North quotes: In the end, he turned the radio on, and fell asleep to the sounds of either country or Western - he could never work out which was which.

In the end, he turned the radio on, and fell asleep to the sounds of either country or Western - he could never work out which was which.

Claire North quotes: After a night of drinking, she would be a pale, starling-sized creature, but now, in this place, she is moonlight in heels.

After a night of drinking, she would be a pale, starling-sized creature, but now, in this place, she is moonlight in heels.

Claire North quotes: You know why the experts don't have an easy answer? Because a fucking expert's the guy who knows how complicated the fucking questions are.

You know why the experts don't have an easy answer? Because a fucking expert's the guy who knows how complicated the fucking questions are.

Claire North quotes: It is said that there are three stages of life for those of us who live our lives in circles. These are rejection, exploration, and acceptance.

It is said that there are three stages of life for those of us who live our lives in circles. These are rejection, exploration, and acceptance.

Claire North quotes: He who is silent is seen to consent.

He who is silent is seen to consent.

Claire North quotes: Always so very courteous. Lose courtesy, and you lose control; lose control and you lose yourself.

Always so very courteous. Lose courtesy, and you lose control; lose control and you lose yourself.

Claire North quotes: Is there innocence in ignorance? And if there is, do we tolerate other for their innocence's sake?

Is there innocence in ignorance? And if there is, do we tolerate other for their innocence's sake?

Claire North quotes: I just want to be myself,' she murmured. 'But is that good enough?' Leena mused, 'Or is it just selfish?

I just want to be myself,' she murmured.

'But is that good enough?' Leena mused, 'Or is it just selfish?

Claire North quotes: In the land of the free you are free to say whatever you want, regardless of whether you have anything to say

In the land of the free you are free to say whatever you want, regardless of whether you have anything to say

Claire North quotes: He had a Kalashnikov, the universal weapon of all budget warriors,

He had a Kalashnikov, the universal weapon of all budget warriors,

Claire North quotes: We are no more and no less than minds, and it is human for the mind to be imperfect and to forget.

We are no more and no less than minds, and it is human for the mind to be imperfect and to forget.

Claire North quotes: Your face is your fortune! Don't spend it all at once!

Your face is your fortune! Don't spend it all at once!

Claire North quotes: Levity and sincerity are not antonyms. We take pleasure in playing chess, but that does not mean we make wasteful moves. You

Levity and sincerity are not antonyms. We take pleasure in playing chess, but that does not mean we make wasteful moves. You

Claire North quotes: Luck is sometimes merciful. The Game never is.

Luck is sometimes merciful. The Game never is.

Claire North quotes: What is the point of you?The world is ending.Now it's up to you.

What is the point of you?
The world is ending.
Now it's up to you.

Claire North quotes: My ma was all of them at some time, and what she learned is that the best way to talk to God is by yourself.

My ma was all of them at some time, and what she learned is that the best way to talk to God is by yourself.

Claire North quotes: Complexity should be your excuse for inaction.

Complexity should be your excuse for inaction.

Claire North quotes: When you have seen the whole world, the old words said, there is always Greenland left.

When you have seen the whole world, the old words said, there is always Greenland left.

Claire North quotes: For progress, we have eaten our souls up, and nothing matters anymore.

For progress, we have eaten our souls up, and nothing matters anymore.

Claire North quotes: Series of cysts on his kidneys and liver which induced the septicaemia

Series of cysts on his kidneys and liver which induced the septicaemia

Claire North quotes: Reason is dead." Death shrugged. "Was

Reason is dead." Death shrugged. "Was

Claire North quotes: Knowledge is not a substitute for ingenuity, merely an accelerant.

Knowledge is not a substitute for ingenuity, merely an accelerant.

Claire North quotes: Time, it transpires, is not so good at telling after all.

Time, it transpires, is not so good at telling after all.

Claire North quotes: only ice against which they can whisper, and who has any joy in scheming against winter herself? All

only ice against which they can whisper, and who has any joy in scheming against winter herself? All

Claire North quotes: There is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd.

There is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd.