Julie

“Whose nonexistence is necessary to the self-conception of this place, and how uncontrollable is the rage whenever that nonexistence is violated?”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“This society—what we call modern society, what we always think of as the most important time the world has ever known, simply because we are in it—is just the sausage made by grinding up history.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

“...'And you are the Chosen One? Huh! They could have chosen me.'
'They tried. But I was the one who listened,' said Johnny quietly.”
― Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind

“Sometimes kindness is a duty, a job that one sets out to accomplish with time and patience and effort. People who feel this way, myself included, fight against some other gnawing instinct within; we bloom like a flower from the dirt.

It's an honorable thing to strive for, and there's nothing bad I can say about that kind of growth.

Other folks, however, don't even think about it. There's some uncanny spark that always pushes them to make the right choice, because they're not even aware a choice exists. It's just what they do.”
― Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays