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“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“a good book
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable
for the reader
and
the writer.”
― Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable
for the reader
and
the writer.”
― Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
“being alone you decided, was a
magnificent miracle.
nothing else made any
sense at all.
—escape”
― Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories
magnificent miracle.
nothing else made any
sense at all.
—escape”
― Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories
“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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