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“On a fundamental level, I am someone who would throw sand at children.”
― Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
― Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
“Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics.”
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“There are no choices without personal freedom, Buckeroo. It's not us who are dead inside. These things you find so weak and contemptible in us---these are just the hazards of being free.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“I'd like to see you move up to the goat class, where I think you belong.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
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