Being alone can nihilate without itself being nihilated. In the act of nihilation the nihilator remains.

I admit that I am powerless over my hatred towards white people in ways that I am unable to recognize fully, both at this time and in the past.

The most important suburban line—to Clifton Down, Avonmouth Dock and Severn Beach has, I fear, been a dead duck for years. (It still exists in 2021)

As our line advanced, it would suddenly come upon a line of gray-coated rebels, lying upon the ground, covered with dried leaves, and concealed by the chapparal, when the rebels would rise, deliver a murderous fire, and retire.