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And another way of explaining it is to say that shit happens, and there's no space too small, too dark and airless and fucking hopeless, for people to...more

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You're fucked. You thought you were going to be someone, but now it's obvious you're nobody. You haven't got as much talent as you thought you had, an...more

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Because . . . most of us think that the point is something to do with work, or kids, or family, or whatever. But you don't have any of that. There's n...more

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There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became...more

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What came first, the music or the misery? Did I listen to music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to music? Do all those ...more

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That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all

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It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.