Billie-Jade
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For the first time in days, I feel relaxed, in charge. Useful, even. Almost like I’m back on East Eighty-Eighth, in my office, helping a patient. Only connect.
“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“Listen, I don't care what you say about my race, creed, or religion, Fatty, but don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty. That's my Achilles' heel, and don't you forget it. To me, everything is beautiful. Show me a pink sunset, and I'm limp, by God. Anything. Peter Pan. Even before the curtain goes up at Peter Pan I'm a goddamn puddle of tears.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.”
― The Books in My Life
― The Books in My Life
“And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
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