“It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book This Side of Paradise
Source: This Side of Paradise
“Her friends have become who they've become by default. Their dreams are forgotten, or were never formulated to begin with.”
— Douglas Coupland, book Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)
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