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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
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“Sometimes I get depressed about my age. In March I’ll be 26. If man weren’t measured in numbers, but rather letters, I’d be turning Z. And then I’d be dead.”
― I Should Have Renamed This
― I Should Have Renamed This
“You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.”
― Everything Beautiful Began After
― Everything Beautiful Began After
“Why are we worn out? Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or thirty-five? Why is it that one is extinguished by consumption, another puts a bullet in his head, a third seeks oblivion in vodka, cards, a fourth, in order to stifle fear and anguish, cynically tramples underfoot the portrait of his pure, beautiful youth? Why is it that, once fallen, we do not try to rise, and, having lost one thing, we do not seek another? Why?”
― The Complete Short Novels
― The Complete Short Novels
“Before I die, I want to change my name to "Here," so that my tombstone could simply read, "Here lies." And then people who knew me could walk by, shake their head, and say, "Ain't that the truth.”
― I Want Two apply for a job at our country's largest funeral home, and then wear a suit and noose to the job interview.
― I Want Two apply for a job at our country's largest funeral home, and then wear a suit and noose to the job interview.
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