“I have always — at least, ever since I can remember — had a kind of longing for death.”
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
Psyche
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956)
“Ever since, I have fought a vague kind of battle for some kind of fairness.”
Charlotte Higgins, "It was 37 years ago today &ndash; and Sgt Pepper cover has still failed to pay", http://www.guardian.co.uk/thebeatles/story/0,,1230411,00.html The Guardian, 2004-06-03 <br class="br">Sgt. Pepper's cover
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