“She ran into the early-October afternoon. The light came at a low slant through the oaks across the street, gold and green, and how she loved that light. There was no light in the world like you saw in New England in early fall.”
― NOS4A2
― NOS4A2
“There were few things that it needed to remember forever, and those were etched by its genes into the storage area known as instinct. Having”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“Now turn off whatever machine you’re reading this on and go the fuck outside.”
― If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
― If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
“I hated Sundays as a kid. From the moment I woke up, I could feel Monday looming, could feel another school week all piled up and ready to smother me. How was I supposed to enjoy a day of freedom while drowning in dread like that? It was impossible. A pit would form in my chest and gut—this indescribable emptiness that I knew should be filled with fun, but instead left me casting about for something to do.”
― Beacon 23
― Beacon 23
“ALL ANIMALS ARE UNDER STRINGENT SELECTION PRESSURE TO BE AS STUPID AS THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. —PETE RICHERSON AND ROBERT BOYD”
― Echopraxia
― Echopraxia
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