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people need me. I fillthem. if they can't see mefor awhile the get desperate, they getsick.but if I see them too oftenI get sick. it's hard to feedwit...more

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I have, he went on, betrayed myself withbelief, deluded myself with lovetricked myself with sex.the bottle is damned faithful, he said,the bottle will...more

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I care for you, darling, I love you,the only reason I fucked L. is because you fuckedZ. and then I fucked R. and you fucked N.and because you fucked N...more

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good weatheris likegood women—it doesn’t always happenand when it doesit doesn’talways last.

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When women agree with me I always do the other thing

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women were beyond me.they saw somethingdepraved.there was one waitressa little older thanI, she rather smiled,lingered when shebrought mycoffee.that w...more

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Where did all the women come from? The supply was endless. Each one of them was individual, different. Their pussies were different, their kisses were...more

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The time came to put Iris Duarte back on the plane.It was a morning flight which made it difficult. I wasused to rising at noon; it was a fine cure fo...more

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I don't know. It's been terribly hard for me. How do I know you won't do it again?''Nobody is ever quite sure of what they will do. You aren't sure wh...more

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Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply ...more

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Generally, I decided, it was better to wait, if you had any feeling for the individual. If you hated her right off, it was better to fuck her right of...more

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She had wild eyes, slightly insane. She also carried an overload of compassion that was real enough and which obviously cost her something.

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A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Basically I craved prost...more

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All we do is sleep, and eat and lay around and make love. We're like slugs. Slug-love, I call it.

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There were no judgments to be made, yet out of necessity one had to select. Beyond good and evil was all right in theory, but to go on living one had ...more