“When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
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The Rules of Attraction is a satirical black comedy novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987. The novel focuses on a handful of rowdy and often sexually promiscuous, spoiled bohemian college students at a liberal arts college in 1980s New Hampshire, primarily focusing on three of them who find themselves in a love triangle. The novel is written in first person narrative, and the story is told from the points of view of various characters.
“Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it.”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
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“The Smiths are singing and someone says "Turn that gay angst music off.”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
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“I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting.”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
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“I only had sex with her because I'm in love with you.”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
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“No one ever likes the right person.”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
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“What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one's wrists?”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
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“The seeds of love have taken hold and if we won't burn together, I'll burn alone.”
Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
Source: The Rules of Attraction
