“I would like to be free, totaly free... free like an aborted child.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“When you're struggling hard to manage your own emotions, it becomes unbearable to have to witness other people's, to have to try and manage theirs too.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“Love does not exist, it's like religion, the state wants you to believe in that kind of crap so they can control you, and f**k your head up. ”
― Trainspotting
― Trainspotting
“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
― Candide
― Candide
“there are only two kinds of flights: ones in which you die and ones in which you do not.”
― Calypso
― Calypso
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