Cynthia

“To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.”
― André Gide, The Immoralist

“What a melancholy day!" I said. "Aren't you bored?"

"Not particularly. I am reading.”
― André Gide

“The thought of being something didn't only appall me, it sickened me. The thought of being a lawyer or a councilman or an engineer, anything like that, seemed impossible to me. To get married, to have children, to get trapped in the family structure. To go someplace to work every day and to return. It was impossible. To do things, simple things, to be part of family picnics, Christmas, the 4th of July, Labor Day, Mother's Day. . . was a man born just to endure those things and then die?”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“All I want now is to look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey