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“That’s just the internet,” Jinx said, “a disgusting place, really. This is kind of like trying to have a nice dinner party in hell.
“Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.”
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“Vade Mecum
I want the scissors to be sharp
and the table perfectly level
when you cut me out of my life
and paste me in that book you always carry.”
― Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
I want the scissors to be sharp
and the table perfectly level
when you cut me out of my life
and paste me in that book you always carry.”
― Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
“Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.”
― Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
― Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
― Fear of Flying
― Fear of Flying
“I feel horrible. She doesn't
love me and I wander around
the house like a sewing machine
that's just finished sewing
a turd to a garbage can lid.”
― Trout Fishing in America / The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar
love me and I wander around
the house like a sewing machine
that's just finished sewing
a turd to a garbage can lid.”
― Trout Fishing in America / The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar
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