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“Next week, or next month, or next year I will kill myself. But I might as well last out my month's rent, which has been paid up ...”

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Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.

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“THe room was large and low-ceilinged, the striped wallpaper faded to inoffensiveness. A huge dark wardrobe faced a huge dark bed. The rest of…

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There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.

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Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon.

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She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other.

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Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment.

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“have spunks and do battle for yourself”

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“You are walking along a road peacefully. You trip. You fall into blackness. That's the past - or perhaps the future. And you know…

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“She spent the foggy day in endless, aimless walking, for it seemed to her that if she moved quickly enough she would escape the…

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