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“i have no way to honor my baby—no grave, no memorial. . .i’ve made myself her cemetery.”
― Still Missing
― Still Missing
“people stuffed with popcorn were commenting on their way out about the great special effects and how realistic it was . . . i went to the bathroom to throw up, because people actually died like that—hundreds and hundreds of people—and it seemed wrong to sit there and eat candies and lick salty butter off your fingers and admire how authentic their deaths in the freezing water looked.”
― Still Missing
― Still Missing
“To tell the truth, when I first came to the city, I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theatre for fear of the usherettes standing along the sides of the red-carpeted staircase at the main entrance; I was afraid to go into a restaurant because I was intimidated by the waiters furtively hovering behind me waiting for my plate to be emptied.”
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“All I want is for someone to understand me before I die. With death staring me in the face, I finally understand the reason novelists write books: before they die they want somebody, somewhere, to understand them.”
― Real World
― Real World
“We aren't contractually tied down to rationality! There is no sanity clause! So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness.
Madness is the emergency exit.
You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away…
Forever.”
― Batman: The Killing Joke
Madness is the emergency exit.
You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away…
Forever.”
― Batman: The Killing Joke
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