My Friends
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Around the men and women, waitstaff in white shirts circulate, serving hors d’oeuvres, because rich people love tiny food. Everything else should be big, except for taxes and sandwiches.
“I knew all about reading a lot. About how it could take you to a world that was better than the real one. A world where there were adventures and mysteries and magic. Except, of course, books ended eventually, and then you had to go back to being yourself.”
― The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
― The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
“They say that ignorance is bliss. I think ignorance is the mother of extreme behavior, ensuring either a colorless and tedious life or one of passionate commitment to foolishness of one kind or another.”
― Quicksilver
― Quicksilver
“Regret keeps you stuck on pause. So does prison. When you get out of here, make sure you hit play so you don’t forget to move forward.”
― Reminders of Him
― Reminders of Him
“People lie. They use you and they lie, all the while feeding you bullshit about being loyal and never leaving you. No one can make that promise, because life is all about seasons, and seasons change.”
― Mud Vein
― Mud Vein
“A lot of people these days are the opposite of what they say they are, and a lot of them probably don’t even realize it. They’re opposed to racism even as they act like racists. They’re opposed to fascism, even as they act like fascists. The world’s gone weird.”
― Quicksilver
― Quicksilver
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