“It is madness to think that knowing a language and reading a few books can create allegiances between people. Thoughts, books, ideas, words – if anything, they make you more alone, because they destroy whatever instinctive loyalties you may once have possessed.”
― Flood of Fire
― Flood of Fire
“It didn’t hurt me. Not “hurt”. Hurt is a four letter word. It’s short, almost cute sounding. Aawwww, did that hurt? No. It didn’t hurt. Destroyed, Obliterated, Desecrated, Annihilated, Demolished, Shattered, or Demoralised maybe… But no. It didn’t hurt me.
It didn’t “hurt” me at all.”
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It didn’t “hurt” me at all.”
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“Long ago she had given up trying to be deft or profound or anything in the company of people she was not interested in, who didn't thrill her.”
― Tar Baby: A Novel
― Tar Baby: A Novel
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