“To apologize for what you most wanted to do, to concede that it was obnoxious, boring, 'vulgar and unsafe' --- that was the worst thing.”
― The Line of Beauty
― The Line of Beauty
“There is a sort of aesthetic poverty about conservatism”
― The Line of Beauty
― The Line of Beauty
“He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.”
― The Line of Beauty
― The Line of Beauty
“The pursuit of love seemed to need the cultivation of indifference.”
― The Line of Beauty
― The Line of Beauty
“...all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for.”
― The Line of Beauty
― The Line of Beauty
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