"as all women know, there are really no men at all. There are grown-up boys, and middle-aged boys, and elderly boys, and even sometimes very old boys. But the essential difference is simply exterior. Your man is always a boy."

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Source : Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart (2011). “Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are: And Isn't that Just Like a Man”, p.24, The Floating Press

Mary Roberts Rinehart

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“Then there are the addicts, the hunger addicts, the rage addicts, the poverty addicts , and power addicts, and the pure addicts who are addicted not to substances but to the oblivion and the tenderness the substances engender. An addict, if you don't mind me saying so, is like a saint. What is a saint but someone who has cut himself off, voluntarily, from the world's traffic and currency.”

Source : "Narcopolis". Book by Jeet Thayil, 2012.
“Growing up, I had a ton of friends, and I had a great life, but people still made fun of me sometimes.”
“There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.”
“I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.”
“I'm in school every day. It depends on what it is that you do with all that free time when I'm not on the microphone. I'm reading, I'm studying. I love documentaries. I love learning what I don't know. And of course, I wouldn't suggest that particular lane for others.”

Source : Source: uproxx.com
“Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.”
“Woman I love the Vibes, I love the Spice, I love the Passion you bring...”

Source : "Song: 'Brown Skin'". 2007.
“There's so much spectating going on that a lot of us never get around to living.”

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