He takes good, faithful care of Evan. These days, Clarissa believes, you measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. You get tired, sometimes, of wit and intellect; everybody’s little display of genius. She
“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again."
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― A Farewell to Arms
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― A Farewell to Arms
“The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. [Fred. Free.]”
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
“I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men
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