“The trick to loneliness is to spend a lot of time inside one’s head.”
― O Pijama da Gata
― O Pijama da Gata
“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity—it’s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“Few artists dare to try to talk about ways of working toward redeeming what’s wrong, because they’ll look sentimental and naive to all the weary ironists.”
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“It’s OK if it’s not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.”
― Rework
― Rework
“A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats.”
― Open Boat
― Open Boat
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