“Greeks have a sense about wine and coffee.”
― One Fateful Summer
― One Fateful Summer
“It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
“nothing is greater than the anger held in the confines of a broken heart”
― The Three O'Clock in the Morning Sessions
― The Three O'Clock in the Morning Sessions
“I’d heard American girls were easy.” He held out his hand and pulled her along behind him. “I’d heard Englishmen were charming.” She deliberately got his nationality wrong. “I guess we were both wrong.”
― The Killing Game
― The Killing Game
“Each of us, in our own personal Factory, may believe we have stumbled down one corridor, and that our fate is sealed and certain (dream or nightmare, humdrum or bizarre, good or bad), but a word, a glance, a slip - anything can change that, alter it entirely, and our marble hall becomes a gutter, or our rat-maze a golden path. Our
destination is the same in the end, but our journey - part chosen, part determined- is
different for us all, and changes even as we live and grow. I thought one door had snicked shut behind me years ago; in fact I was still crawling about the face. Now the door closes, and my journey begins.”
― The Wasp Factory
destination is the same in the end, but our journey - part chosen, part determined- is
different for us all, and changes even as we live and grow. I thought one door had snicked shut behind me years ago; in fact I was still crawling about the face. Now the door closes, and my journey begins.”
― The Wasp Factory
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