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“I want - I want - I want - was all that she could think about - but just what this real want was she did not know.”
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”
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“Maybe I'll go where I can see stars, he said to himself as the car gained velocity and altitude; it headed away from San Francisco, toward the uninhabited desolation to the north. To the place where no living thing would go. Not unless it felt that the end had come.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.”
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“It was one thing to make a mistake; it was another thing to keep making it. I knew what happened when you let yourself get close to someone, when you started to believe they loved you: you'd be disappointed. Depend on someone, and you might as well admit you're going to be crushed, because when you really needed them, they wouldn't be there. Either that, or you'd confide in them and you added to their problems. All you ever really had was yourself, and that sort of sucked if you were less than reliable.”
― Handle with Care
― Handle with Care
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