No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortun…

Nathanael West
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No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot. ✨ Nathanael West (1969). Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust, p.132, New Directions Publishing
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Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.19, New Directions Publishing
Man spends a great deal of time making order out of chaos, yet insists that the emotions be disordered. I order my emotions: I am insane. ✨ Nathanael West (2012). The Dream Life of Balso Snell, p.14, … ▶
Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.103, New Directions Publishing
Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed to think that it must steady him to look at a buffalo. ✨ Nathanael West, Jona … ▶
But whether he was happy or not was hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.89, New D … ▶

No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot. ✨ Nathanael West (1969). Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust, p.132, New Directions Publishing

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