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Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one.
“The Smiths are singing and someone says "Turn that gay angst music off.”
― The Rules of Attraction
― The Rules of Attraction
“Hemingway and Fitzgerald didn't drink because they were creative, alienated, or morally weak. They drank because it's what alkies are wired up to do. Creative people probably do run a greater risk of alcoholism and addiction than those in some other jobs, but so what? We all look pretty much the same when we're puking in the gutter.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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