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“How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?”
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
“Reva often spoke about 'settling down.' That sounded like death to me.
'I'd rather be alone than anybody's live-in prostitute,' I said to Reva.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
'I'd rather be alone than anybody's live-in prostitute,' I said to Reva.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them.”
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
“I thought that if I did normal things—held down a job, for example—I could starve off the part of me that hated everything. If I had been a man, I may have turned to a life of crime.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“For a moment I felt joyful, and then I felt completely exhausted.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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