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“Know what we did, Lucy? You and me? We spent our whole lives yearning. Isn't that the God damndest thing?”
― Richard Yates, Young Hearts Crying

“La vie me sied mal; le mort m'ira peut-être mieux.”
― François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe

“What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.”
― Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

“Things happen, people change,' is what Amanda said. For her that covered it. You wanted an explanation, and ending that would assign blame and dish up justice. You considered violence and you considered reconciliation . But what you are left with is a premonition of the way your life will fade behind you, like a book you have read too quickly, leaving a dwindling trail of images and emotions, until all you can remember is a name.”
― Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City