“Life is like a stew, you have to stir it frequently, or all the scum rises to the top.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
― Still Life with Woodpecker
“There's no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.”
― Cash
― Cash
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”
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“I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.”
― A Writer's Diary
― A Writer's Diary
“Thomas Jefferson High
School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of
the world’s greatest theoreticians on the subject of human liberty.”
― Breakfast of Champions
School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of
the world’s greatest theoreticians on the subject of human liberty.”
― Breakfast of Champions
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