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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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“Rosette disappeared onto the dance floor. Wells sat in silence for a minute, watching the dancers. The worldwide cult of fast money spent stupidly. The worldwide cult of trying too hard. Moscow, Rio, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York, London, Shanghai--the story was the same everywhere. The same overloud music, the same overpromoted brand names, the same fake tits, about as erotic as helium balloons. Everywhere an orgy of empty consumption and bad sex. Las Vegas was the cult's world headquarters, Donald Trump its patron saint. Wells had spent ten years in the barren mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He never wanted to live there again. But if he had to choose between an eternity there or in the supposed luxury of this club, he'd go back without a second thought.”
― The Silent Man
― The Silent Man
“I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
― The Collected Dorothy Parker
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
― The Collected Dorothy Parker
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― The Garden of Eden
― The Garden of Eden
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