“The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone whom you love and admire.”
― Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
― Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live.”
― The Bridges of Madison County
― The Bridges of Madison County
“...between addiction and depression? Depression a lot worse. Depression ain't something you just get OFF of. You can't get CLEAN from depression. Depression be like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your MIND. You just got to be careful not to touch where it hurts. It always be there, though.”
― The Marriage Plot
― The Marriage Plot
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
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