Nothing we do has the quickness, the importance, or the beau... - Philip Roth

This quote is attributed to Philip Roth.

"Nothing we do has the quickness, the importance, or the beauty of what we have lost."

Philip Roth Death

Novelist American 1933–2018

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"Death doesn't scare me anymore."

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"Welcome to my world."

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