After a certain age, you can pretty much do whatever takes your fancy. No one tells you off, except for your doctors and your children.
“She was desperate and she was choosey
at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her to become what
she imagined herself to be.”
― Factotum
at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her to become what
she imagined herself to be.”
― Factotum
“Isn’t that the very definition of power? Watching people kill themselves over something that means nothing to you?”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“I have a special ring-system that must work before I will pick up my phone. I am not a snob: it is simply that I am not interested with what most people have to say, or what they want to do-mostly with my time.”
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“Neal would just go on driving, neither grim or happy or sardonic, just there - doing the movements. I understood. it was necessary. it was his bull ring, his racetrack. it was holy and necessary”
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“You have to find a job that makes your heart feel big instead of one that makes it feel small.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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