

“I did crave attention, but I refused to humiliate myself by asking for it.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“My stake is always, of course, in the unmentioned girl in the plaid silk dress. Remember what it was to be me: that is always the point.”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays

“I am what I am. To look for reasons is beside the point.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays

“The alliance between Suze and me didn't turn out exactly to be a holiday in the woods. Eventually fate flagged it down and it came to a full stop. It had to end. She took one turn in the road and I took another.”
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“No one who is young is ever going to be old.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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