“... and how gladly he would have taken up the load of any one of them, if only he might have shaken off his own! But, no - the iron circle of consciousness held them too: each one was hand-cuffed to his own hideous ego. Why wish to be any one man rather than another? The only absolute good was not to be...”
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“She read paperbacks too, one after the next like she was chain-smoking—romance, science fiction, old pulp fantasy. All she wanted to do was sit, unbothered in a circle of lamplight, and live someone else’s life.”
― Hell Bent
― Hell Bent
“I’m bound to you, Stern. To the woman who brought me out of hell. I will serve you ’til the end of days.”
― Hell Bent
― Hell Bent
“I’m chasing after vanished fantasies. The beautiful, the flashy, the suave, the curious, the feel-good, anything. Be it fake or counterfeit or whatever.”
― Set My Heart on Fire
― Set My Heart on Fire
“But the same night will continue on. Today is just yesterday, continued. Tomorrow is just today, continued. Day breaks, night falls, day breaks. Night probably falls again. The little details differ, sure. But for the most part, everything is pretty much the same, and I feel neither more nor less sluggish today than I did last Thursday. I am sluggish. But still compelled to dance. Provided there’s some variety to the music.
I’m trapped inside an invisible cage, you see. I can’t leave it. I feel so hollow and futile it makes me sick. It’s easy, though.”
― Set My Heart on Fire
I’m trapped inside an invisible cage, you see. I can’t leave it. I feel so hollow and futile it makes me sick. It’s easy, though.”
― Set My Heart on Fire
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