“The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.”
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“I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“The one thing in me more powerful than a general misanthropy is an inescapable compassion for individuals.”
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“When you can look a thing dead in the eye, acknowledge that it exists, call it exactly what it is, and decide what role it will take in your life then, my Beloved, you have taken the first step toward your freedom.”
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“people diminish me;
the longer I sit and listen to them
the more empty I feel but I don't get
the idea that they feel empty, I feel
that they enjoy the sound from their
mouths.”
― Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems
the longer I sit and listen to them
the more empty I feel but I don't get
the idea that they feel empty, I feel
that they enjoy the sound from their
mouths.”
― Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems
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