“Everyone behaves badly--given the chance.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“To be, in a word, unborable.... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish”
― The Pale King
― The Pale King
“And when the event, the big change in your life, is simply an insight—isn't that a strange thing? That absolutely nothing changes except that you see things differently and you're less fearful and less anxious and generally stronger as a result: isn't it amazing that a completely invisible thing in your head can feel realer than anything you've experienced before? You see things more clearly and you know that you're seeing them more clearly. And it comes to you that this is what it means to love life, this is all anybody who talks seriously about God is ever talking about. Moments like this.”
― The Corrections
― The Corrections
“There’s no use in denying it: this has been a bad week. I’ve started drinking my own urine.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho
“Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
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