The idea of enemies is awful it makes one stop remembering eternity and the fear of death. That is what enemies are. Possessions are the same as enemies only less so, they too make one forget eternity and the fear of death.
(Wars I Have Seen, 1945)
Gertrude Stein
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Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening. We are always the same age inside. One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.
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