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If Paul Ryan—a government bureaucrat if ever there was one—loves reading about John Galt and Hank Rearden, it’s because he doesn’t resemble them at all.
“It totally was elitist,' Julia says. 'So? There's nothing wrong with elitist. Some stuff is better than other stuff; pretending it's not doesn't make you open-minded, it just makes you a dick.”
― The Secret Place
― The Secret Place
“I think it's fair to say I am a writer. I'm using this journal to get better: to hone my skills, to collect details and observations. To show don't tell and all that other writerly crap.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
“Behind her warm facade radiating empathy and understanding, there was an aggressive, bad- tempered bitch, putting up endless walls of goodness to conceal her rage and resentment toward the entire world. She was like an alligator in a velvet jumpsuit.”
― Rage
― Rage
“When you are gay and alone and want to be a poet, suicide crosses your mind at twenty-two like an impresario’s cape.”
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“How did you know that it was time to give up? Was it when you were thirty-eight and still hadn’t found an agent (as they suspected had happened to Joel)? Was it when you were forty and still had a roommate and were making more as a part-time waiter than you had made the year you decided to be a full-time actor (as they knew had happened to Kevin)? Was it when you got fat, or bald, or got bad plastic surgery that couldn’t disguise the fact that you were fat and bald? When did pursuing your ambitions cross the line from brave into foolhardy? How did you know when to stop?”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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