If you tell someone your parent is an alcoholic or an addict, they seemingly, on some level, get that you had a rough childhood. You don’t need to expand for hours, trying to prove your case like a lawyer with the odds stacked against him.
“The public will buy a certain amount of poetry if you give them their striptease.” -- Ezra Pound”
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“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― Those Who Remain
― Those Who Remain
“Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.”
― Against the Day
― Against the Day
“Questions arose. Like, what in the fuck was going on here, basically.”
― Inherent Vice
― Inherent Vice
“I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that.”
― The Crying of Lot 49
― The Crying of Lot 49
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