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“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
― The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures
― The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures
“When I remember that dizzy summer, that dull, stupid, lovely, dire summer, it seems that in those days I ate my lunches, smelled another's skin, noticed a shade of yellow, even simply sat, with greater lust and hopefulness - and that I lusted with greater faith, hoped with greater abandon. The people I loved were celebrities, surrounded by rumor and fanfare; the places I sat with them, movie lots and monuments. No doubt all of this is not true remembrance but the ruinous work of nostalgia, which obliterates the past, and no doubt, as usual, I have exaggerated everything.”
― The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
― The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
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