When we sat down to eat I took inventory of the people in the room, and the remnants of my good mood evaporated when I realized how very little I had in common with them – the career dads, the responsible and diligent moms – and I was soon filled with dread and loneliness. I locked in on the smug feeling of superiority that married couples give off and that permeated the air – the shared assumptions, the sweet and contented apathy, it all lingered everywhere – despite the absence in the room of anyone single at which to aim this.
After a while you learn that everything stops. - Bret Easton Ellis
After a while you learn that everything stops.
- Bret Easton Ellis
I keep feeling that people are becoming less human and more animalistic. They seem to think less and feel less so that everyone is operating on a ver… - Bret Easton Ellis
I keep feeling that people are becoming less human and more animalistic. They seem to think less and feel less so that everyone is operating on a ver…
I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period. - Bret Easton Ellis
I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period.
...if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you. - Bret Easton Ellis
...if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you.
Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it. - Bret Easton Ellis
Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it.
I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked. - Bret Easton Ellis
I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.
The better you look, the more you see. - Bret Easton Ellis
The better you look, the more you see.
I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him. - Bret Easton Ellis
I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.
But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you. - Bret Easton Ellis
But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.
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