

“The difference between Marilyn’s and Jayne’s approach to intellectual pursuits is that Marilyn carried big heavy books around and hung out with brainy people to absorb their intellect, while Jayne really had a thirst for knowledge. Jayne was very proud of the fact that if she like something enough she would commit it to memory. At that time, The Satanic Bible was still in monograph form, and Jayne had pored over those pages until she knew most of it by heart...Marilyn gave me a copy of Stendhal’s On Love, and I still have a copy of Walter Benton’s This is My Beloved, which we bought together on Sunset Boulevard. Marilyn turned me on to it—wanted me to read it and write something in it for her. I got as far as writing her name in it, but I ended up with the book. It meant a lot to me during a particularly dark period in my life after I left L.A. Jayne kept insisting I read The Story of O and I, Jan Cremer. She gave me a dog-eared copy of each. It seems a distinctly feminine trait to want to share books with people they care deeply about.”
― The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey
― The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey

“Electricity for example was considered a very Satanic thing when it was first discovered and utilized.”
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“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park

“I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing them to get all I need. I've built my hatreds up over the years, little by little, Henry... to have you here gives me a second breath. I can't keep doing this on my own with these... people.
[laughs]”
― There Will Be Blood: Final Shooting Script
[laughs]”
― There Will Be Blood: Final Shooting Script

“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
― Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman
― Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman
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