a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.
“Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.”
― Desire: Vintage Minis
― Desire: Vintage Minis
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”
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“Whenever you get something in this world, you lose something too — that's just the way things work.”
― Goodbye Tsugumi
― Goodbye Tsugumi
“Alone: for the first time I understood the terrible significance of that word. Alone without a witness, without anyone to speak to, without refuge. The breath in my body, the blood in my veins, all this hurly-burly in my head existed for nobody.”
― Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
― Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
“The secret of happiness and the very height of artistic achievement is to be like everybody else, yet to be like no one on earth.”
― Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
― Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
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