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I felt like I was locked in a Noël Coward play that had been rewritten by Sam Shepard.
“I'd like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don't know. It doesn't last, and it's good for nothing. You break your neck simply living.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“I sounded more confident than I felt; one of the great secrets to life.”
― The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1
― The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1
“Harold: This is real nice. Makes me want to do somersaults.
Maude: Well, why don't you?
Harold: I'd feel stupid.
Maude: Harold, everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves.
You just can't let the world judge you too much.”
― Harold and Maude
Maude: Well, why don't you?
Harold: I'd feel stupid.
Maude: Harold, everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves.
You just can't let the world judge you too much.”
― Harold and Maude
“You remain the hero of your own story even when you become the villain of someone else's.”
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
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