“I never had intimate friends, and the few who came close are in New York. By which I mean they're dead, because that's where I suppose condemned souls go in order not to endure the truth of their past lives.”
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
“But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.”
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“...It was then, for the first time, that she understood above all her virtues what was in command was the vanity of a metaphysical woman.”
― Collected Stories
― Collected Stories
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