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“I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with which some people fill the void, appreciate all the opiates of the people, whether they are as accessible as alcohol and heroin and promiscuity or as hard to come by as faith in God or History.”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
― The Life of the Mind
― The Life of the Mind
“They said nothing and our parents said nothing, so we sensed how ancient they were, how accustomed to trauma, depressions, and wars. We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in, and for all their caretaking and bitching about crabgrass they didn't give a damn about lawns.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said.
"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
― The Bell Jar
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said.
"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
― The Bell Jar
“She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
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