I waved, smiled meekly. I didn’t mind being alone—really, I didn’t—but I hated the way it made others see me.
“Why did she feel the need to make everyone, even this waiter, like her? What a thing it must be to be indifferent to indifference.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“You don't stop bullshitting because you are old," she says.
"You get old because life's bullshit," I say.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
"You get old because life's bullshit," I say.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“She had not yet managed the art of being alone in public unselfconsciously, of feeling that she could watch rather than be watched.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“She did think she was special, but she wouldn’t have admitted it. She knew enough to know there was nothing less special than thinking you were.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“No expectations. No preferences. If you prefer one outcome over another in life, you will likely be disappointed. I prefer nothing and am always surprised.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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