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“And if all that is meaningless, I want to be cured
Of a craving for something I cannot find And of the shame of never finding it.”
― The Cocktail Party
Of a craving for something I cannot find And of the shame of never finding it.”
― The Cocktail Party
“Everyone’s alone—or so it seems to me.
They make noises, and think they are talking to each other;
They make faces, and think they understand each other,
And I’m sure they don’t. Is that delusion?
Can we only love
Something created in our own imaginations?”
― The Cocktail Party
They make noises, and think they are talking to each other;
They make faces, and think they understand each other,
And I’m sure they don’t. Is that delusion?
Can we only love
Something created in our own imaginations?”
― The Cocktail Party
“You will have to live with those memories and make them into something new. Only by acceptance of the past will you alter its meaning.”
― The Cocktail Party
― The Cocktail Party
“American women are characteristically frigid and materialistic. The man who 'has his way' with an American girl is under a material obligation to her. The woman has granted a material favour. In cases of divorce American law overwhelmingly favours the woman. American women will divorce readily enough when they see a better bargain. It is frequently the case in America that a woman will be married to one man but already 'engaged' to a future husband, the man she plans to marry after a profitable divorce.”
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“Your burden is not to clear your conscience
But to learn how to bear the burdens on your conscience.”
― The Cocktail Party
But to learn how to bear the burdens on your conscience.”
― The Cocktail Party
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