“ You keep seeing your picture on posters that you are missing but you're not. That'd be weird, right? Or say you look down at the sidewalk and earthworms are spelling your name. Or you open a peanut ba… Lynda Barry
“ The groove is so mysterious. We're born with it and we lose it and the world seems to split apart before our eyes into stupid and cool. When we get it back, the world unifies around us, and both stupi… Lynda Barry
“ I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up. Lynda Barry
“ I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. Lynda Barry
“ Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing,… Lynda Barry
“ Something can only become an illusion after disillusionment. Before that, it is something real. Lynda Barry
“ The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge. Lynda Barry
“ I am hell with a knife and there is nothing I can really do about it but try and keep my mouth shut and try not to let it show. Lynda Barry
“ The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. Lynda Barry
“ Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time. Lynda Barry
“ It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me Lynda Barry
“ If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time. Lynda Barry
“ My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple. Lynda Barry
“ A man who has been dead for a week in a hot trailer looks more like a man than you would first expect. Lynda Barry
“ Dear Blubbo, How is it going? It is fine here. My sisters are fine. Mom is usual. Everything is regular in life except I am still seeing the burning skull heads. Yesterday Mom took me to Sears for sch… Lynda Barry
“ There are certain children who are told they are too sensitive, and there are certain adults who believe sensitivity is a problem that can be fixed in the way that crooked teeth can be fixed and made… Lynda Barry
