"Maybe in writing about and through trauma it was therapeutic in a way, but it didn't feel like it at the time. I was in a very dark place, in lots of foreign cities, far from New York. A lot of personal trials and tribulations took over my life in those years. It might be some time before I see what therapeutic function this book did serve. But for now, it's not even easy to read from it."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Porochista Khakpour

#New York Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Churches that depart from the Word will soon find that God has departed from them.”
“I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys.”
“Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.”
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”
“When you think about it, we actors are kind of prostitutes. We get paid to feign attraction and love. Other people are paying to watch us kissing someone, touching someone, doing things people in a normal monogamous relationship would never do with anyone who's not their partner. It's really kind of gross.”
“Come spend the night inside my sugar walls.”

Source : Song: Sugar Walls, Album: A Private Heaven
“It's over. Absolutely, completely, eternally over”
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”

Source : "The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Democrats". Book by Martin Higgins, p. 93, 2006.

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