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“people run from rain but
sit
in bathtubs full of
water.”
― The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
sit
in bathtubs full of
water.”
― The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
“When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”
―
―
“And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.”
― Women
― Women
“Some made the long drop from the apartment or the office window; some took it quietly in two-car garages with the motor running; some used the native tradition of the Colt or Smith and Wesson; those well-constructed implements that end insomnia, terminate remorse, cure cancer, avoid bankruptcy, and blast an exit from intolerable positions by the pressure of a finger; those admirable American instruments so easily carried, so sure of effect, so well designed to end the American dream when it becomes a nightmare, their only drawback the mess they leave for relatives to clean up.”
― To Have and Have Not
― To Have and Have Not
“there are worse things
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
―
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
―
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