“Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate. Many a housewife staring at the back of her husband's newspaper, or listening to his breathing in bed is lonelier than any spinster in a rented room.”
― The Female Eunuch
― The Female Eunuch
“Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it.”
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“Need is not transitive, one may need without oneself being needed.”
― The Shadow Lines
― The Shadow Lines
“I wanted to watch her walking, unselfconscious, for as long as possible.”
― The Shadow Lines
― The Shadow Lines
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