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You learn to move on without the people you love.

Bret Easton Ellis

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Bret Easton Ellis
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Executive Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Podcaster
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
LA
California
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...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.
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I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting.
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No one will ever know anyone. We just have to deal with each other. You're not ever gonna know me.
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I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.
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