#offshorepirate

[maiakp7]

"You see, I used to read all day and most of the night. I began to resent society---" "Come on up here," he interrupted. "What on earth are you doing?" "Just floating round on my back. I'll be up in a minute. Let me tell you. The only thing I enjoyed was shocking people; wearing something quite impossible and quite charming to a fancy-dress party, going round with the fastest men in New York, and getting into some of the most hellish scrapes imaginable."

The Offshore Pirate

[maiakp7]

And, child, confirmed libertines don't reform until they're tired--and then they're not themselves--they're husks of themselves.

The Offshore Pirate

[maiakp7]

"Excuse me," she said, melting into laughter, "but I'm not used to having men regale me with the story of their life ambitions-especially if they've lived such deathly platonic lives." "Why? What do men usually regale you with?" "Oh, they talk about me," she yawned. "They tell me I'm the spirit of youth and beauty." "What do you tell them?" "Oh, I agree quietly." "Does every man you meet tell you he loves you?" Ardita nodded. "Why shouldn't he? All life is just a progression toward, and then a recession from, one phrase--'I love you.'"

The Offshore Pirate

[maiakp7]

I distrust people who can be intense at this hour in the morning. It's a mild form of insanity-a sort of breakfast-food jag. Morning's the time to sleep, swim, and be careless.

The Offshore Pirate