“That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams.
The girls of 1929.”
― Bright Young Things
The girls of 1929.”
― Bright Young Things
“Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with her like a child with schoolbooks and pencils. The day seems to have no order until these times, which are like a ledger for her, her body full of stories and situations.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
“All really interesting girls invent themselves.”
― Bright Young Things
― Bright Young Things
“It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.”
― Bright Young Things
― Bright Young Things
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