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He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn’t seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he’d shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.

Bret Easton Ellis

He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn’t seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he’d shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Nihilism Secret World
I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Corner Functioning Imitating Resemblemnce Simply
No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Feelings Joy Writing
But this road doesn’t go anywhere,” I told him. “That doesn’t matter.” “What does?” I asked, after a little while. “Just that we’re on it, dude,” he said.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Anywhere Littles Matter
I kept staring into the blackness of the woods, drawn into the darkness as I always had been. I suddenly realized how alone I was. (But this is how you travel, the wind whispered back, this is how you’ve always lived.)
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Darkness Wind Woods
Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn’t that what people do?
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Holding Mines People
I learned that you really don’t have any control as a writer. Waah, waah, waah. Big deal. Unless you’re the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don’t have a lot of control.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Director Issues Writing
…if you’re alone nothing bad can happen to you.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Happen Happens Noihing
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
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Elevator Father Passing Second
Do you know what Ed Gein said about women?’ […] ‘”When I see a pretty girl walking down the street I think two things.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Down Girl Real Street Sweet Think
I’ve been accused of being very vain about my apathy.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Accused Apathy Vain
Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
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Forever Greed Sex
And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Apart Attention Thing
The Smiths are singing and someone says “Turn that gay angst music off.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Angst Gay Singing
And though the coldness I have always felt leaves me, the numbness doesn’t and probably never will. this relationship will probably lead to nothing… this didn’t change anything. I imagine her smelling clean, like tea.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Imagine Numbness Probably Relationship Tea
Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
BRET EASTON ELLIS

Hollywood Levels Stories

He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn’t seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he’d shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.

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He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn’t seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he’d shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.

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