“I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“Even with all the mayonnaise in the world, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit.”
― It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
― It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
“Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.”
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