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"Two chapters in and I'm obsessed with how camp this is" — Jun 16, 2026 09:41AM
"Two chapters in and I'm obsessed with how camp this is" — Jun 16, 2026 09:41AM
“...when you’re young you think you’ll always be young. Then one day you suddenly wake up and you’re over fifty. And the names in the obituary columns are no longer anonymous old people. They’re your contemporaries and friends.”
― Valley of the Dolls
― Valley of the Dolls
“I am made of memories.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Who'll hold families together, if everybody has to live? Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.”
― Rabbit Redux
― Rabbit Redux
“You go from dream to dream inside me. You have passage to my last shabby corner, and there, among the debris, you’ve found life. I’m no longer sure which of all the words, images, dreams or ghosts are ‘yours’ and which are ‘mine.’ It’s past sorting out.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow
“Be a little kind to yourself, please. If you can be whoever you want, wouldn't it be nice to be someone you liked?”
― Don't Sleep with the Dead
― Don't Sleep with the Dead
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