“Thanks to the imagination, there’s no end to things in this world that can trigger anxiety.”
― Piercing
― Piercing
“The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort”
― Geek Love
― Geek Love
“You've got to understand your limitations. It's your limitations that make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.”
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“Decker smiled and shrugged off their laughter. The humour was only barbed if you sat on the outside, and now he was one of them.”
― The Zombie Room
― The Zombie Room
“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
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