“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”
― Watermelon
― Watermelon
“To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.”
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“I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
“People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused. ”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
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