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“You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood...”
― Venus in Furs
― Venus in Furs
“Perhaps, in the extravagance of youth, we give away our devotions easily and all but arbitrarily, on the mistaken assumption that we’ll always have more to give.”
― A Home at the End of the World
― A Home at the End of the World
“Man," he said, "I'm not afraid of graveyards. The dead are just, you know, people who wanted the same things you and I want."
"What do we want?" I asked blurrily.
"Aw, man, you know," he said. "We just want, well, the same things these people wanted."
"What was that?"
He shrugged. "To live, I guess," he said.”
― A Home at the End of the World
"What do we want?" I asked blurrily.
"Aw, man, you know," he said. "We just want, well, the same things these people wanted."
"What was that?"
He shrugged. "To live, I guess," he said.”
― A Home at the End of the World
“Caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.”
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
“In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." He was quoting a Neil Young song about Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. When I was twenty-four, I interviewed John Lennon. I asked him about this sentiment, one that pervades rock and roll. He took strong, outraged exception to it. "It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out, " he said. "I worship people who survive. I'll take the living and the healthy.”
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
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