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Benjamin Vengroff
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there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“No one expected me. Everything awaited me.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“I know. I'm very hard to talk to. I realize that.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“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
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