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“During the Cold War of the 1950s, American spies were issued eyeglasses with thick, clunky frames. If captured, they were trained to casually chew the curved earpieces, where fatal doses of cyanide were cast inside the plastic. It's these same horn-rimmed suicide glasses, the wrangler says, that inspired the look of Buddy Holly and Elvis Costello. All those young hipsters wearing death on their nose.”
― Snuff
― Snuff
“...It was then, for the first time, that she understood above all her virtues what was in command was the vanity of a metaphysical woman.”
― Collected Stories
― Collected Stories
“You are a door to an existence she does not desire, but even if the room beyond is repugnant, that door has won a portion of her affection.”
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
“Memory is the scribe of the soul”
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“With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can't start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead. It's like quicksand...hopeless from the start. A story, a picture, can renew sensation a little, but not enough, not enough. Nothing is real except the present, and already, I feel the weight of centuries smothering me. Some girl a hundred years ago once lived as I do. And she is dead. I am the present, but I know I, too, will pass. The high moment, the burning flash, come and are gone, continuous quicksand. And I don't want to die.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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