This was during the final month of the era when it was possible to press a series of buttons on a telephone and speak with someone on the far side of the earth.
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“Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“We drove to the hotel and said goodbye. How hypocritical to go upstairs with a man you don't want to fuck, leave the one you do sitting there alone, and then, in a state of great excitement, fuck the one you don't want to fuck while pretending he's the one you do. That's called fidelity. That's called monogamy. That's called civilization and its discontents.”
― Fear of Flying
― Fear of Flying
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.”
― Fear of Flying
― Fear of Flying
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