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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
“in better company, they found among all those hideous carcasses two skeletons, one of which held the other in its embrace. One of these skeletons, which was that of a woman, still had a few strips of a garment which had once been white, and around her neck was to be seen a string of adrezarach beads with a little silk bag ornamented with green glass, which was open and empty. These objects were of so little value that the executioner had probably not cared for them. The other, which held this one in a close embrace, was the skeleton of a man. It was noticed that his spinal column was crooked, his head seated on his shoulder blades, and that one leg was shorter than the other. Moreover, there was no fracture of the vertebrae at the nape of the neck, and it was evident that he had not been hanged. Hence, the man to whom it had belonged had come thither and had died there. When they tried to detach the skeleton which he held in his embrace, he fell to dust.”
― The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
― The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
“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
“The trouble with me is that for a long time I have just been an I person. All people belong to a We except me. Not to belong to a We makes you too lonesome.”
― The Member of the Wedding
― The Member of the Wedding
“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
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