"Love ruined people's lives, the way our parents……" — Mona Simpson
"Love ruined people's lives, the way our parents said drugs could."
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27 Quotes by Mona Simpson
Mona Simpson has 27 quotes on this site.
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He was a man too busy to flush toilets.
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I knew I would hate my best memory because it would prove that people could fake love or that love…
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We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many stories.
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We come into the world whole, all of us, but we don't know that, don't know that life will be…
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So many things that seemed crucial and excruciatingly hard ended and then didn't matter anymore, forever after
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Sometimes, a stage curtain parts and you see: life could be better if you had more. Usually, I think, we…
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Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful…
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Reading-not occasionally, not only on vacation but everyday-gives me nourishment and enlarges my life in mysterious and essential ways.
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Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For…
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I unplug the phone and close the door and just stick with it. I don't ever go out for lunch…
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Often, I think, displaced people imagine themselves leading double lives. So a portion of my identity has always been privately…
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In our national mythology, we seem to include only one-way migrations to the great capitol cities. The journey from the…
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More Drug Quotes
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If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because…
— Michael Badnarik
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Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious…
— Michael Badnarik
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's…
— Douglas Adams
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot…
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
— George Best
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I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting…
— Steven Adler
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By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to…
— Jo Brand
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it…
— Harry Browne
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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing…
— Harry Browne
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Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror.
— William S. Burroughs
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I've seen firsthand the terrible consequences of drug abuse. My heart is with all who suffer from addiction and the…
— Columba Bush
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