“It’s easy for people who have sacrificed nothing to rationalize their own ordinariness by calling me lucky. But I sacrificed my entire life; I sold it to the abyss. And the abyss gave me art.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion of them that the daughters have to conform to. Mothers accept them as they are.”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't any books in the world.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“Quien controla el pasado controla el futuro. Quien controla el presente controla el pasado.”
― 1984
― 1984
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