“I know I am talking nonsense, but I’d rather go rambling on, and partly expressing something I find it difficult to express, than to keep on transmitting faultless platitudes.”
― The Magic Mountain
― The Magic Mountain
“Maybe when we die, the first thing we’ll say is, 'I know this feeling. I was here before.”
― White Noise
― White Noise
“After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.”
― Nobody Move
― Nobody Move
“I'm so scared of dying without ever being really seen. Can you understand?”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“I note that I've lived longer in the past now, than I can expect to live in the future. I have more to remember than I have to look forward to. Memory fades, not much of the past stays, and I wouldn't mind forgetting more of it.”
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
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