“she was consumed by 3 simple things:
drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:
youth and beauty”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:
youth and beauty”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
“there are worse things
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
―
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
―
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
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