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“All our lives are symbols. Everything we do is part of a pattern we have at least some say in. The strong make their own pattern ms and influence other people’s, the weak have their courses mapped out for them. The weak and the unlucky, and the stupid.”
― The Wasp Factory
― The Wasp Factory
“How could it be right that some people had so much, while others had so little?”
― The Death of Mrs. Westaway
― The Death of Mrs. Westaway
“All my life, people have taken my shyness for sullenness, snobbery, bad temper of one sort or another.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Yes, I should grow up, and yes, I will, but there’s time for that tomorrow. Today is for living.”
― Prince of Fools
― Prince of Fools
“They start a tickling fight, laughing hysterically, and then they're necking again. Nicksy registers that his Scottish friend and the Bird With the Big Hair have adopted that arrogant 'look-at-us-we've-just-invented-sex' demeanor of people who're fucking after a long hiatus”
― Skagboys
― Skagboys
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