𝒜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃𝒶

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Cr: The secret history by Donna Tartt

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“Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression”

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Cr: Girl, interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

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“As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn’t have”

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“When you’re sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound”

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“Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the suicide debate and made every window, kitchen implement, and subway station a rehearsal for tragedy”

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“I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent”

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“But I know what it’s like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can’t. You hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside

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“When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it

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“It’s a mean world...there’s nobody to take care of you out there

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“Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60’s. Or maybe I was just a girl… interrupted.”

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“Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren’t? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?”

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“The only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.”

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“I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”

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Cr: The great Gatsby by F.S Fitzgerald

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Cr: Slow days, fast company by Eve Babitz