And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn’t matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst
BRET EASTON ELLISI stare into a thin, web-like crack above the urinal’s handle and think to myself that if I were to disappear into that crack, say somehow miniaturize and slip into it, the odds are good that no one would notice I was gone.
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My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.
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How could she ever understand that there isn’t any way could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward to?
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Devastates me and I make a mental note to ask him where he purchases his hair-care products, which kind of mousse he uses, my final guesses after mulling over the possibilities being Ten-X.
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I don’t want to care. If I care about things, it’ll just be worse, it’ll just be another thing to worry about. It’s less painful if I don’t care.
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But this was what happened when you didn’t want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.
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Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn’t that what people do?
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I’ve been accused of being very vain about my apathy.
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Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
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I’ve never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I’ve never touched upon my life. I’ve never written a single scene that I can say took place.
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Do you wear a diaphragm everywhere you go?’ I want to scream, but stop myself because the idea really excites me.
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If I want to write a movie, I’ll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it’s something that I think can only be done novelistically.
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I stare into a thin, web-like crack above the urinal’s handle and think to myself that if I were to disappear into that crack, say somehow miniaturize and slip into it, the odds are good that no one would notice I was gone.
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What does that mean know me, know me, nobody ever knows anybody else, ever! You will never know me.
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I feel like I’m not smart enough to answer the questions I’m asked.
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Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.
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