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Trying to get back on the short story train. Know without a doubt in my mind that these stories, whether I like them or not, are going to be a wild ride. Ottessa Moshfegh knows no other way.Bettering Myself
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“In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he died unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Kids don't need a life where nothing bad ever happens. What they need is someone who's there for them when the bad stuff happens.”
― Home of the American Circus
― Home of the American Circus
“Is there a greater flex than love?”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“Idealism without consequences is the pathetic dream of every spoiled brat.”
― Eileen
― Eileen
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