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True, he had chosen to live alone, but not unbearably alone. The worst of being unbearably alone was that you had to bear it - either that or you were sunk. You had to work hard to prevent your mind from sabotaging you by its looking hungrily back at the superabundant past.Philip Roth
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How much time could you spend staring out the ocean, even if it was the ocean you'd loved since you were a boy?Philip Roth