Jesse Osborne
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“She would have been a better fuck in Greece, maybe. America was a shitty place to fuck.”
― Women
― Women
“I don't want to be a sweetheart. I want to be the fucking love of your life," Curt said with a force that startled her.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“What is your advice to young writers?"
"Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes."
"What is your advice to older writers?"
"If you're still alive, you don't need any advice."
"What is the impulse that makes you create a poem?"
"What makes you take a shit?”
― Hot Water Music
"Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes."
"What is your advice to older writers?"
"If you're still alive, you don't need any advice."
"What is the impulse that makes you create a poem?"
"What makes you take a shit?”
― Hot Water Music
“The little flowers grew everywhere around the rocks, and no one had asked them to grow, or me to grow.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
“in our own ways we all break. it is okay to hold your heart outside of your body for days. months. years. at a time. – heal”
― salt.
― salt.
Jesse’s 2025 Year in Books
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