

“I like people too much or not at all. I've got to go down deep, to fall into people, to really know them.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild

“I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.”
― The Long Goodbye
― The Long Goodbye

“You're broke, eh?"
I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.”
― The Big Sleep
I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.”
― The Big Sleep
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