“But I lie. I embellish. My words are not deep enough. They disguise, they conceal. I will not rest until I have told of my descent into a sensuality which was as dark, as magnificent, as wild, as my moments of mystic creation have been dazzling, ecstatic, exalted.”
― Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
― Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
“He's sensitive and I don't want him to break his heart over somebody who doesn't care about him.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“The Great Gatsby's my favorite book," he says. "F. Scott Fitzgerald dedicated it to Zelda."
"His wife?" I say.
"Yeah. His crazy-ass wife who he had no business loving that much," he says, giving me a loaded look. "You know what their joint epitaph says? It's a quote from the book... Their kid picked it for them."
I shake my head. "What's it say?"
His eyes close halfway as he recites, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The 5th Wave
"His wife?" I say.
"Yeah. His crazy-ass wife who he had no business loving that much," he says, giving me a loaded look. "You know what their joint epitaph says? It's a quote from the book... Their kid picked it for them."
I shake my head. "What's it say?"
His eyes close halfway as he recites, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The 5th Wave
“Nothing can supply the place of books. They are cheering or soothing companions in solitude, illness, affliction. The wealth of both continents would not compensate for the good they impart.”
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“You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
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