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I came to New York to see what I could see — that's from a children's book, isn't it? — and to find the living part.

— Edie Sedgwick Edie : Girl On Fire (2006)

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I blossomed into a healthy young drug addict.

Edie : American Girl (1982)

It's sort of like a mockery in a way of reality because they think everything is smiles and sweetness and flowers when there is something bitter to taste. And to pretend there isn't is foolish.

Edie : Girl On Fire (2006)

The real Edie is where the action is. Fast cars, fast horses, and people doing things!

Edie : American Girl (1982)

My introduction to heavy drugs came through the Factory.

Edie : American Girl (1982)

The way those sons-of-bitches took advantage of me. Warhol is a sadistic faggot.

Edie : American Girl (1982)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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