“What do I really want? he thinks. This is, of course, an extremely good question. It was just such a pity that, life being as it tended to be, it so rarely came as part of a matched pair, with an extremely good answer.”
― The Steep Approach to Garbadale
― The Steep Approach to Garbadale
“Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.”
― Blaze
― Blaze
“If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong to it.
(as quoted by Tony Judt)”
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(as quoted by Tony Judt)”
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“Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.”
― Life After God
― Life After God
“You are the only woman who ever answered the demands of my imagination.”
― Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932
― Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932
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