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“And she said that her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tell us who we are and what we think and what we do.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“You will have only one story,” she had said. “You’ll write your one story many ways. Don’t ever worry about story. You have only one.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“But I think I know so well the pain we children clutch to our chests, how it lasts our whole lifetime, with longings so large you can’t even weep. We hold it tight, we do, with each seizure of the beating heart: This is mine, this is mine, this is mine.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“You are wasting time by suffering twice. I mention this only to show how many things the mind cannot will itself to do, even if it wants to.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat.
2) Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway.
3) If asked if you care about the world's problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks, he will never ask you again.
4) Never give your real name.
5) If ever asked to look at yourself, don't look.
6) Never do anything the person standing in front of you can't understand.
7) Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
2) Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway.
3) If asked if you care about the world's problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks, he will never ask you again.
4) Never give your real name.
5) If ever asked to look at yourself, don't look.
6) Never do anything the person standing in front of you can't understand.
7) Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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