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Lucas is happy. This is a very provoking thing to the world. Because people aren’t supposed to be happy, they’re only supposed to want to be happy, because how otherwise are you supposed to be able to sell things to them? More than anything
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“It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Young people want mirrors. Older people want art.”
― Burnt Tongues
― Burnt Tongues
“Maybe that’s the key to happiness—being sort of dumb, not wanting to know any of the answers.”
― Lie Down in Darkness
― Lie Down in Darkness
“Oh, Daddy, I don’t know what’s wrong. I’ve tried to grow up—to be a good little girl, as you would say, but everywhere I turn I seem to walk deeper and deeper into some terrible despair. What’s wrong, Daddy? What’s wrong? Why is happiness such a precious thing? What have we done with our lives so that everywhere we turn—no matter how hard we try not to—we cause other people sorrow?”
― Lie Down in Darkness
― Lie Down in Darkness
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