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“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
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“I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.”
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“she was consumed by 3 simple things:
drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:
youth and beauty”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:
youth and beauty”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
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