As a mother, you're the world almanac and the encyclopedia and the dictionary and the Bible, all rolled up together.
Artificial overstimulation seemed like the perfect way to stifle a generation of young people who wanted more and more from a world where less and less was available.
Art, inspiration, love, they're all so easy to dissect. To explain away.
Anyone who's ever flown London to Sydney, seated next to or anywhere in the proximity of a fussy baby, you'll no doubt fall right into the swing of things in Hell. What with the strangers and crowding...
Anymore, no one's mind is their own. You can't concentrate. You can't think. There's always some noise worming in. Singers shouting. Dead people laughing. Actors crying. All those little doses of emot...
Angel says that rich people don't like to tolerate much. Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. Yo...
And when they're old enough I'm going to tell my little girls that everybody looks a little crazy if you're looking close enough, and if, you can't look that close then you don't really love them. All...
And the kid is stupid enough to think a picture or a sculpture or a story could somehow replace anybody you love.
And maybe you don’t go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don’t do.
And I used to be such a nice person.
An important part of building a new culture was allowing people to complain about their past. At first, the more they complained, the worse the past would seem. But by venting, people could start to r...
Am I sleeping? Have I slept at all? This is the insomnia.Try to relax a little more with every breath out, but your heart's still racing and your thoughts tornado in your head.Nothing works. Not guide...
Also consider that someday, when you’re dead and rotted, kids with their baby teeth will sit in their time-geography class and laugh about how stupid you were.
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history. No purpose or place. We have no Great War, No Great Depression...
Adam said the other blessing you have to give up in the outside world is darkness.
Adam said the other blessing you have to give up in the outside world is darkness. You can close your eyes, and sit in a cupboard, but that’s not the same thing. The darkness at night in the church di...
According to the agent, the secret to getting famous is you just keep saying yes.
According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind us of what we already know.
About my boss, Tyler tells me, if I'm really angry, I should go to the post office and fill out a change-of-address card and have all his mail forwarded to Rugby, North Dakota.
A moment it the most you can ever expect from perfection