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"waiting for this "laugh out loud" funny promised by the book's description because so far it's just been depressing" — Jun 09, 2022 10:32AM
"waiting for this "laugh out loud" funny promised by the book's description because so far it's just been depressing" — Jun 09, 2022 10:32AM
“Vera said: “Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?”
So I told her why.
Because if I tell the story, I control the version.
Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me.
Because if I tell the story, it doesn't hurt as much.
Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.”
― Heartburn
So I told her why.
Because if I tell the story, I control the version.
Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me.
Because if I tell the story, it doesn't hurt as much.
Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.”
― Heartburn
“Wasn’t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“Addison spoke in calligraphy while everyone else talked in scribbles.”
― Shadowflesh
― Shadowflesh
“After all, the appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Calligraphy may well be simply an artistic version of another form, that is the ideograms which make up the poem, but then not only does it reflect the character and temperament of the artist but . . . also betrays his heart rate, his breathing.”
― Once on a Moonless Night
― Once on a Moonless Night
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