“What was I supposed to do then I wondered. Was there even a supposed-to for this kind of situation? A situation when when I looked at my receding past everything seemed retrospectively marked by an extreme order and predictability yet all moments since seemed to obey, and promised to continue obeying, their own set of stochastic, undisclosed, and undiscoverable laws. Where I was fully aware of the pitfalls and folly of a finely-tuned narcissism but still the known universe seemed to bend and bend inexorably inward and towards me where it awaited my next move, supremely ready to react accordingly. And how I knew that decisions I would soon make or defer would have near-Sophoclean import and yet nonetheless it all seemed oddly irrelevant.”
― A Naked Singularity
― A Naked Singularity
“Sometimes if you have a difficult decisin to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.”
― Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
― Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
“If this was a movie, we would've sat down at the table with the guys and they would have learned some kind of valuable lesson, like not to judge people by how they look, or that being different is okay. And Lena would've learned that all jocks weren't stupid and shallow. It always seemed to work in movies, but this wasn't a movie. This was Gatlin, which severely limited what could happen.”
― Beautiful Creatures
― Beautiful Creatures
“I wish I could sculpt my shadow into my night clone, and it could be out earning me money while I slept, instead of being folded up neatly in my underwear drawer like it is now.
”
― A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom
― A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom
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