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And so I laughed because this was life, and a part of mine was over now and nothing exploded and no light was revealed.
“Time wounds all wholes. To exist in Time is to suffer through an endless exile, a successive severing from those precious few moments of feeling at home in the world.”
― Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
― Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
“Maybe once, maybe years ago, I was a different kind of human being. I've forgotten, I don't know for sure.”
― Cathedral
― Cathedral
“I'll read my books and I'll drink coffee and I'll listen to music and I'll bolt the door.”
― A Boy in France
― A Boy in France
“My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions.”
― Speedboat
― Speedboat
“Alas, the heart is not a metaphor, or at least not always a metaphor.”
― Sleepless Nights
― Sleepless Nights
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