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“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“You wouldn't make love with him, you'd make art.”
― Alone With You in the Ether
― Alone With You in the Ether
“Don't for once ever think that what you're doing is easy. If it feels that way, you're probably doing something wrong. Throwing words onto a page is easy. But writing, the real kind, is hard. It's damn hard.”
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“I've tried to explain to people that I don't 'love' writing any more than I 'love' breathing. It's something I do and it's something I need. If I thought about it as a love/hate thing, I probably would have quit long ago. And then died.”
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“I fall in love all the time. With music, film, poetry. A smile. A bum. But rarely the whole of someone.”
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Flo’s 2024 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Art, Christian, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Manga, Music, Mystery, Poetry, Romance, Self help, Travel, and Young-adult
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