“And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor -
And this, and so much more? -”
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor -
And this, and so much more? -”
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems
“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Did it matter then, she asked herself, walking towards Bond Street, did it matter that she must inevitably cease completely? All this must go on without her; did she resent it; or did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
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