“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“there is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
“I sit here
drunk now.
I am
a series of
small victories
and large defeats
and I am as
amazed
as any other
that
I have gotten
from there to
here
without committing murder
or being
murdered;
without
having ended up in the
madhouse.
as I drink alone
again tonight
my soul despite all the past
agony
thanks all the gods
who were not
there
for me
then.”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
drunk now.
I am
a series of
small victories
and large defeats
and I am as
amazed
as any other
that
I have gotten
from there to
here
without committing murder
or being
murdered;
without
having ended up in the
madhouse.
as I drink alone
again tonight
my soul despite all the past
agony
thanks all the gods
who were not
there
for me
then.”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”
― Women
― Women
“in that drunken place
you would
like to hand your heart to her
and say
touch it
but then
give it back.”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
you would
like to hand your heart to her
and say
touch it
but then
give it back.”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
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