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The New York Trilogy
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"The New York Trilogy" Quotes

Three interconnected detective stories explore themes of identity, language, and reality in this thought-provoking and unconventional mystery novel.

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We all go through life as strangers, and in the end, we are all alone.

Paul Auster

lonelinesslife

People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones.

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lossdeath

The world is a place where people die.

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deathreality

Solitude is a way of making the worst of a bad situation.

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solitudeperspective

Human beings are strange creatures.

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human nature

I am a man who has been dead for 20 years.

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identitylife

One thing leads to another, and before you know where you are, you've gone too far.

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consequenceschoices

People are not simple. They cannot be broken down and cataloged.

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complexityhuman nature

Man's inhumanity to man is equaled only by his inability to remember it.

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forgetfulnesscruelty

The only way to deal with the past is to keep it in the past.

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pastmoving on