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“Beauty was not everything. Beauty had this penalty — it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life — froze it.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Where there's life there's hope.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Oh great, you too. So now I wear this label 'Queer' emblazoned across my chest. Or I could always carve a scarlet 'L' on my forehead. Why does everyone have to put you in a box and nail the lid on it? I don't know what I am—polymorphous and perverse. Shit. I don't even know if I'm white. I'm me. That's all I am and all I want to be. Do I have to be something?”
― Rubyfruit Jungle
― Rubyfruit Jungle
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