

“The zipper opened all the way down our spines.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides

“We all received invitations, made by hand from construction paper, with balloons containing our names in Magic Marker. Our amazement at being formally invited to a house we had only visited in our bathroom fantasies was so great that we had to compare one another's invitations before we believed it. It was thrilling to know that the Lisbon girls knew our names, that their delicate vocal cords had pronounced their syllables, and that they meant something in their lives. They had had to labor over proper spellings and to check our addresses in the phone book or by the metal numbers nailed to the trees.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides

“Leggendo non cerchiamo idee nuove, ma pensieri già da noi pensati, che acquistano sulla pagina un suggello di conferma.”
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“From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette”
― This Business of Living: Diaries, 1935-1950
― This Business of Living: Diaries, 1935-1950

“The girls took into their own hands decisions better left to God. They became too powerful to live among us, too self-concerned, too visionary, too blind.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides

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