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#1

“hedonism and amorality. And remember, he who cannot give anything away, cannot feel anything either.”
― Sam West, Strange Flesh

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#2

“We tolerate difference only when we don’t have to look at it or listen to it, as long as it doesn’t impact our lives.”
― Paul Theroux, Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads

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#3

“Without balls to drive brains, underachievers wear chains. Without brains to rein balls, overachievers hit walls.’ Floyd’s Law, a.k.a. the Balls/Brains or B/B”
― John H. Cunningham, Red Right Return

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#4

“Disappear here”
― Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero

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#5

“Disappear Here.
The syringe fills with blood.
You're a beautiful boy and that's all that matters.
Wonder if he's for sale.
People are afraid to merge. To merge.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero

tags: dark, disturbing, ellis, nihilism

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#6

“Nothing. Nothing makes me happy. I like nothing," I tell her.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero

tags: nihilism

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#7

“Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?”
― Roger Ebert

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#8

“I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?”
― Richard Castle, Heat Rises

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#9

“It is better to live rich than to die rich. SAMUEL JOHNSON”
― John Lange, Grave Descend

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#10

“it's not the sex you think I've had. it's the sex i want. that's what you smell on me. because the more I look at you, the more A know about us both. And the more A want to have sex with you. because there's a certain kind of sex that has an element of cleansing. it's the antidote to disillusion. the counterpoison.”
― Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

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#11

“Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational.”
― Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

tags: city

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#12

“Sex finds us. Sex sees through us. That's why it's so shattering. It strips us of appearances.”
― Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

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#13

“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.”
― Fernando Pessoa

tags: hope, longing, pain, regret, yearning

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#14

“We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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#15

“I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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#16

“Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

tags: dreams, longing, regret, self

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#17

“Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.”
― Fernando Pessoa, Collected Later Poems of Alvaro de Campos: 1928-1935

tags: chocolate, dessert, humour

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#18

“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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#19

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

tags: adventure, death, life

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#20

“So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”
― Hunter S. Thompson

tags: gonzo, happiness, risk

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#21

“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman

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#22

“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

tags: inspiration

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#23

“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

tags: expectation, law, order, respect

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#24

“Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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#25

“When it comes to emotions, women know how to paint with the full set of oils, while men are busy doodling with crayons.”
― Hank Moody, God Hates Us All

tags: humor, humour, true

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#26

“The person that I want to have everything to do with, wants nothing to do with me.”
― Hank Moody

tags: californication, love

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#27

“I’ve lost a lot of battles, but I’ve never lost sight of the war. My goal is to fight my way to a day when we’re old and gray and she looks at me and says ‘I’m glad you never gave up.’ Until then, I fight. No retreat, baby. No surrender.”
― Hank Moody

tags: baby-no-surrender-hank-moody, no-retreat

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#28

“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
― haruki murakami

tags: letting-go, life, life-lessons, memories

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#29

“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

tags: nagasawa

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#30

“Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

tags: clock, future, past, possibilities, ticking, time

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