James Aldrich quotes

“Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose.”
-- James Aldrich

Source : James Aldrich, “A Death-Bed”

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“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”

“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”

“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”

“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

“I am tortured too. I am tortured by belly fat and magazine covers about how to please everyone but myself. I am tortured by sheep who click on anything that will guarantee a ten-pound loss in one week. Sheep who will get on their knees if it means someone will like them more. I am tortured by my inability to want to hang out with desperate sheep. I am tortured by ***** yearbooks full of bullshit. I met you when. I'll miss the times. I'll keep in touch. Best friends forever. Is this okay? Are you all right? Are you tortured too?”

“I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night.”

“I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.”

“I'm nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night.”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “The End Of Alice”, p.149, Granta Books

“Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!” said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.”

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”