“Because the essence of creativity is fucking around; art is that which is done for the hell of it.”
― We Learn Nothing
― We Learn Nothing
“If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.”
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“If you manage to make it to some semblance of adulthood, just showing up turns out to be one of the kindest, most selfless things you can do for someone.”
― We Learn Nothing
― We Learn Nothing
“This is one of the things we rely on our friends for: to think better of us than we think of ourselves. It makes us feel better, but it also makes us be better; we try to be the person they believe we are.”
― We Learn Nothing: Essays and Cartoons
― We Learn Nothing: Essays and Cartoons
“You can’t feel crazily grateful to be alive your whole life any more than you can stay passionately in love forever—or grieve forever, for that matter. Time makes us all betray ourselves and get back to the busywork of living.”
― We Learn Nothing: Essays and Cartoons
― We Learn Nothing: Essays and Cartoons
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
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