Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?
Bret Easton EllisThereโs no use in denying it: this has been a bad week. Iโve started drinking my own urine.
Bret Easton EllisI'm on the verge of tears by the time we arrive at Pastels since I'm positive we won't get seated but the table is good, and relief that is almost tidal in scope washes over me in an awesome wave.
Bret Easton EllisNo one will ever know anyone. We just have to deal with each other. You're not ever gonna know me.
Bret Easton Ellis...there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.
Bret Easton Ellis