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“A friend of ours was arrested because he painted a slogan that said, 'Tourists, you're the terrorists.”
― The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
― The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
“We were scared, but fear doesn’t look the same as desperation.”
― The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
― The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
“You two look like potatoes.”
― Tschick
― Tschick
“To fall for," "to be fallen for"--I feel in these words something unspeakably vulgar, farcical, and at the same time extraordinarily complacent. Once these expressions put in an appearance, no matter how solemn the place, the silent cathedrals of melancholy crumble, leaving nothing but an impression of fatuousness. It is curious, but the cathedrals of melancholy are not necessarily demolished if one can replace the vulgar "What a messy business it is to be fallen for" by the more literary "What uneasiness lies in being loved.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“She was at an age when the future adult rattles the child’s bones like the bars of a cage.”
― Great Circle
― Great Circle
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