![[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of cooking or living (as opposed to dying) alone. That nothing-not booze, not love, not sex, not work, not moving from state to state-will make the past disappear. Only time and patience heal things. I learned that cutting up your arms in an attempt to make the pain move from inside to outside, from soul to skin, is futile. That death is a cop-out. I tried all of these things.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-learned-that-friends-are-a-good-source-of-food-and-soul-when-one-has-not.jpg)
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Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over. Herbert Hoover
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I have a twelve year old sex doll. Brand new. Anthony Jeselnik
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