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“The Heir and the Spare—there was no judgment about it, but also no ambiguity. I was the shadow, the support, the Plan B. I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy. I was summoned to provide backup, distraction, diversion and, if necessary, a spare part. Kidney, perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow. This was all made explicitly clear to me from the start of life’s journey and regularly reinforced thereafter.”
― Spare
― Spare
“I’m not the biggest fan of confrontation. I ask a lot of questions. Just not out loud.”
― Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
― Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
“What hell, being an adult!”
― Spare
― Spare
“Now, all these years later, I’m certain that I got famous so I would not waste my entire life trying to get famous. You have to get famous to know that it’s not the answer. And nobody who is not famous will ever truly believe that.”
― Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
― Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
“It wasn’t that she felt no emotions. On the contrary, I always thought that Granny experienced all the normal human emotions. She just knew better than the rest of us mortals how to control them.”
― Spare
― Spare
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