“I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Don't tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
- Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye”
― The Catcher in the Rye
- Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye”
― The Catcher in the Rye
“I am home, she thought, and stopped in wonder at the thought. I am home, I am home, she thought; now to climb.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
“Pylades: I’ll take care of you.
Orestes: It’s rotten work.
Pylades: Not to me. Not if it’s you.”
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Orestes: It’s rotten work.
Pylades: Not to me. Not if it’s you.”
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“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
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