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In the end, we’re all free because, in the end, we’ll be dead. Bronco Gil
Beloved, Medea
“The artist seeks the infinite, yet creates on earth, attempting to snatch a wisp of the consciousness of God, then returning to create material things.”
― Bread of Angels: A Memoir
― Bread of Angels: A Memoir
“Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them.”
― The Women
― The Women
“Don't ask me why I know what an Edwardian smoking jacket looks like: let's just say it has something to do with Doctor Who and leave it at that.”
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“You know how you can remember exactly when and where you read certain books? A great novel, a truly great one, not only captures a particular fictional experience, it alters and intensifies the way you experience your own life while you’re reading it. And it preserves it, like a time capsule.”
― Heart the Lover
― Heart the Lover
“We were the last believers, my generation. We trusted what our parents taught us about right and wrong, good and evil, the American myth of equality and justice and honor. I wonder if any generation will ever believe again. People will say it was the war that shattered our lives and laid bare the beautiful lie we’d been taught. And they’d be right. And wrong. There was so much more. It’s hard to see clearly when the world is angry and divided and you’re being lied to.”
― The Women
― The Women
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