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When you get used to that kind of life—of never having anything you want—then you stop knowing what it is you want.”
“It's as if all the tears I cried were there for a reason, slowly watering my mind to allow for something beautiful to grow in place of the pain.”
― A Way Out: A Memoir of Conquering Depression and Social Anxiety
― A Way Out: A Memoir of Conquering Depression and Social Anxiety
“Gradually the waiting began to feel less like waiting and more like this was simply what life was: the distracting tasks undertaken while the thing you are waiting for continues not to happen.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“It was lunacy, this idea, that I could sleep myself into a new life. Preposterous. But there I was, approaching the depths of my journey”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“You may say that it was the book, but it’s how you read a book that is most valuable, rather than any power it might have itself.”
― What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
― What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
“I had wanted Melissa to take an interest in me and I was't even sure I liked her. I didn't have the option not to take her seriously, because she had published a book, which proved that lots of other people took her seriously even if I didn't. At twenty-one, I had no achievements or possessions that proved I was a serious person.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
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