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It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.


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You don’t know what a trial it is to be —like me. I've got to keep my face like steel in the street to keep men from winking at me.

You don’t know what a trial it is to be —like me. I've got to keep my face like steel in the street to keep men from winking at me.



my imagination persisted in sticking horrors into the dark- so I stuck my imagination into the dark instead, and let it look out at me.

my imagination persisted in sticking horrors into the dark- so I stuck my imagination into the dark instead, and let it look out at me.



I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.



Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?

Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?



The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.

The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.



You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility.

You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility.



Beauty and love pass, I know... Oh, there's sadness, too. I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses-

Beauty and love pass, I know... Oh, there's sadness, too. I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses-



Amory thought how it was only the past that seemed strange and unbelievable.

Amory thought how it was only the past that seemed strange and unbelievable.



I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romanticperson has a desperate confidence that they won't.

I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romanticperson has a desperate confidence that they won't.



What are you going to do? "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink.

What are you going to do? "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink.





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I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

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