It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again.
…how monstrous the people you loved could be.
We aren't on Earth to be happy, but to experience incredible things.
There might be a Starbucks on every corner and an iPhone at every ear, but don’t worry, people are still fucking crazy.
Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs.
Sadly, American teenagers are to a weightless vacuum as seat cushions are to polyurethane foam -
Nora, biting her lip, pointed at the small end table on my right, where there was a black-and-white photograph in an antique silver frame. It was Olivia standing with her husband, Knightly, probably s...
Mr. Archer being EARTH FRIENDLY was APPARATUS HOSTILE.
Life does not belong to you. It is the apartment you rent. Love without fear, for love is an airplane that carries you to new lands. There is a universe in silence. A tunnel to peace in a scream. Get...
Is she sad? she asked.No, honey. She's lived-in.
I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until I became that person. Or he became me.’ In the end, a man turns into what he thinks he is, however large or small.
I don't . Religion? Humans desperate to take out infinity insurance. Death? The great big . Love? Dopamine released in the brain, which gets depleted over time, leaving contempt.
Connie Madison Parker, age 36, on Merchandise: You got to put yourgoods on display, babe. Otherwise, not only will the boys ignore you but—an'trust me on this, my sister's flat as you—we're talkin' th...
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.’
Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart. It contains what you do everything for, for, everything around you. And if it were opened, would anything...
Always live your life with your biography in mind, Dad was fond of saying.Naturally, it won't be published unless you have a Magnificent Reason,but at the very least you will be living grandly.
The trying to change what they think, the attempt to explain, the hope they’ll come to see your side of things, it was exhausting because it never made a dent and afterward you only ached unbearably.
That's what I've always found so pathetic about . They weep when they have a live glimpse of you, frame the fork you touched. Yet they're impervious to anything with that inspiration, like enriching...
Que sont les fantasmes ? Des rêves dont nous nous servons pour nous préserver de la réalité. Notre monde est un plancher rigide qui nous casse le dos si on dort à même le sol.
Once you slaughter the lamb, you are capable of everything and anything, and the world is yours.