“Aileen, I wish I could’ve taken you there.
It’s too late now. I wish you hadn’t hurt all those people.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I know you hate it when I say that,
what I meant was that I wish all those people hadn’t hurt you.
("Aileen Wuornos Isn't My Hero")”
―
It’s too late now. I wish you hadn’t hurt all those people.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I know you hate it when I say that,
what I meant was that I wish all those people hadn’t hurt you.
("Aileen Wuornos Isn't My Hero")”
―
“When I was young. When I had no idea that all over the city, all over the world, there were people walking around sealed in their own universes of loss, independent solar systems of suffering closed off from the regular world, where things make sense and language is all you need to tell the truth. —”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“There were shadows I saw out of the corner of my eye that looked like problems waiting to become real, but you never know with shadows.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“I want to know
what it means to survive
something.
does it just mean
I get to keep my body?”
― Life of the Party
what it means to survive
something.
does it just mean
I get to keep my body?”
― Life of the Party
“It is not a good feeling being right about something you have suspected when you finally gain undeniable confirmation that it's true. It is not the satisfying sensation of everything slipping into place for which you have yearned. It's more like, 'Oh, right.' The man who has been staying over your whole life long is your mother's lover. The reason Lucy seems off sometimes is that she's still drinking. You have always known this. The only thing that's mysterious is how you managed to think it mysterious.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
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