Joshua Ferris
American author
My failure to come to grips with all these disappointments.
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I try not to have disappointments, because a lot of the bad things that happen in life teach you things.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗
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There’s been the odd beauty on the dance floor I really ought to have gone home with.
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When I was five and the doctors walked in and said to my mum: “I am not sure if you will be taking him home.”
A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.
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