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“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“I'll stop eating steak when you stop killing spiders." Absurdity: comparing cows to spiders. Arachnids are pure evil. They're like a cigarette manufacturer or a terrorist. They're organized religion on eight legs.”
― Pop Kids
― Pop Kids
“I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
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