He was into marijuana and partying and stuff and I didn't want to get into it,

You don't want people partying and tailgating with what's going on at the PMAC,

- I tak nieźle sobie pożyłem.- Co to za życie? – powiedział ojciec.- Nic tylko kłamstwa, chlanie, wyłudzanie, kurwy i picie. Nie przepracowałeś ani jednego dnia! A teraz umierasz, chociaż masz dopiero dwadzieścia cztery lata!- Ja tam nie żałuję - rzekł stryj. głęboko się zaciągnął camelem i wypuścił dym.

I was always the last to leave. That was my great skill.

When you're out partying someone else is getting smarter.

The party is almost over.

The party sounds a lot more fun from the outside than in, like most parties.

I close my eyes. Golden light shines through my eyelids in wavering patterns of red and yellow. Figures dance and sway in the light, dark eyes flashing. I feel Victoire’s eagerness rise as if it were my own. It ebbs almost in the same instant. What do I care for the pulse of a beat, for the eyes of many, for the touch of heat and sweat? That is Victoire’s passion, not mine. I will not succumb. I am not Ravel’s dream of me.

Our little partyGot under way as best it could. The twigsUnclenched, the greedy rosebuds caked with smut.The ill-knit creatures, now in huesOf sunstroke, mulberry, white of clown,Yellow of bile, bruise-blacks-and-blues,Stumped outward, waving matchstick arms,Colliding, poking, hurt, in tears

Librarians are always smart, a little nuts, and know how to party.