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“On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide—it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese—the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing exactly where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
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“It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”
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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
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