“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Women
― Women
“I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non-being, and I accepted it. I didn't make for an interesting person. I didn't want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone.”
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“There's no tyrant like a brain. ”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
“I meet a person, and in my mind I'm saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.”
― The Collected Stories
― The Collected Stories
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