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“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
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“I am not wrong: Wrong is not my name
My name is my own my own my own
and I can’t tell you who the hell set things up like this
but I can tell you that from now on my resistance
my simple and daily and nightly self-determination
may very well cost you your life”
― Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems
My name is my own my own my own
and I can’t tell you who the hell set things up like this
but I can tell you that from now on my resistance
my simple and daily and nightly self-determination
may very well cost you your life”
― Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems
“Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.”
― When Demons Walk
― When Demons Walk
“It's never the changes we want that change everything.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
― Leaves of Grass
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
― Leaves of Grass
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