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Alan Hollinghurst
“To apologize for what you most wanted to do, to concede that it was obnoxious, boring, 'vulgar and unsafe' --- that was the worst thing.”
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst
“There is a sort of aesthetic poverty about conservatism”
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst
“He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.”
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst
“The pursuit of love seemed to need the cultivation of indifference.”
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst
“...all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for.”
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty

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