“It is no wonder lesbians love women.”
― The Moon in Its Flight
― The Moon in Its Flight
“Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream. There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor. Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations.”
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“Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains.”
― The Stories of John Cheever
― The Stories of John Cheever
“This is America, you live in it, you let it happen. Let it unfurl.”
― The Crying of Lot 49
― The Crying of Lot 49
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