“All those exhibitions I smiled through. All those parties I hosted. All those dinners I presented. All that I was, I was not. I was a lie. The antisocial party girl.”
― Adults
― Adults
“The most religious moments of American life are undergone on Saturday nights.”
― The Unknown Kerouac: Rare, Unpublished & Newly Translated Writings
― The Unknown Kerouac: Rare, Unpublished & Newly Translated Writings
“Was I, as I had long suspected, one part optimism two parts masochism, like all the best cocktails?”
― Animals
― Animals
“Early in life I discovered that the way to approach anything was to be introduced by the right person.”
― Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
― Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
“But this road doesn't go anywhere,” I told him.
“That doesn't matter.”
“What does?” I asked, after a little while.
“Just that we're on it, dude,” he said.”
― Less Than Zero
“That doesn't matter.”
“What does?” I asked, after a little while.
“Just that we're on it, dude,” he said.”
― Less Than Zero
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