“...the feminine appetite for possession tends to emasculate every living contest, and can reduce a magnificient but inferior male to the status of a courtesan.”
― The Last of Cheri
― The Last of Cheri
“When men are in the kitchen, it is considered work, and when women are in the kitchen it's considered duty. That's why there are so few women chefs in restaurants. The kitchen is hostile territory. It's a wonder nice things come out of it.”
― Happy Hour
― Happy Hour
“Like death, college serves as a kind of escape hatch. But while death takes you straight to the morgue, college is a single rope dangling loose from the inescapable net of society.”
― Notes of a Crocodile
― Notes of a Crocodile
“Secretly though, I did sort of enjoy being a fucked-up mess. Apart from that, I didn't have a whole lot going on.”
― Notes of a Crocodile
― Notes of a Crocodile
“My mother always told me that to be a girl one must be especially clever.”
― Happy Hour
― Happy Hour
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