Lou

“He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

“Maybe they understood, in fact, that beauty and meaning had nothing to do with one another.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“I can't point to any one event that resulted in my decision to go into hibernation. Initially, I just wanted some downers to drown out my thoughts and judgments, since the constant barrage made it hard not to hate everyone and everything. I thought life would be more tolerable if my brain were slower to condemn the world around me.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep