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Every article about her sooner or later gets around to the subject of her lovers, who were reportedly legion. (Earl McGrath, former president of Rolling Stone Records: “In every young man’s life there is an Eve Babitz. It’s usually Eve
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“Cockroaches were a problem, too, and to me the people who invented Combat, the little black roach-trapping contraption, are urban folk heroes.”
― Girl in a Band
― Girl in a Band
“Getting jobs is like winning domestic arguments on a grand scale, and then getting paid for it.”
― The Folded Clock: A Diary
― The Folded Clock: A Diary
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
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“If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.”
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“I have seen purer liquors, better seagars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtezans here, than in any other place I have ever visited; and it is my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad things that are obtainable in America.”
― Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
― Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
Leah’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Leah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,167 books
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158 friends
582 books
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26 friends
258 books
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92 friends
437 books
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707 books
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55 friends
415 books
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41 friends
1,266 books
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18 friends
1,452 books
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47 friends
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