Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Gore Vidal

1973

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1973

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Gore Vidal

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Vidal, Gore. Quoted in "Behind the Face of the Gifted Bitch" by Susan Barnes. The Sunday Times Magazine, 16 Sept. 1973.

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