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“There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.”
― All That Is
― All That Is
“I was in love with everything- I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond; and I wanted to bring gifts to the envious and tell them that I am worthless.”
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“Moments spill through hands idling away at nothing To puddle in years”
― The Plagiarist
― The Plagiarist
“I make her leave on her stockings and high heels. I am a freak. I cannot bear the human being in present state, I must be fooled. the psychiatrists must have a word for it, and I have a word for the psychiatrists.”
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more expansive, generous people…”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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