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Beautyland
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Human life is quick. I do not mean: Life is short. I mean: The reason we feel like certain significant days happened only yesterday is because they did. Many of us have bodies that age preposterously out of proportion with how young we are.
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“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”
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“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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