Adventure Quote by Viv Albertine

“I get the same lurching thrill now when I'm about to sit down to an egg mayonnaise sandwich and a packet of plain crisps as I used to get when I fancied someone.”

Viv Albertine

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I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime.

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I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and hope that honesty resonates with other people's experiences.

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The more blows you have in life, the better, because it means you're challenging yourself.

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I'd like to be with someone kind who can hold a conversation and is in my age group. If that's too much to ask,…

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I think, often, people who do something new creatively don't benefit financially from it - it's the people who come after and make them…

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If I didn't live in London, I would live in Glasgow. I love the colour of the brick and the black ironwork. I think…

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