Audrey

“Pain is what matters. Not fast cars or big words or fabulous stories in exotic settings. And certainly not some French-toasted-sunrise-sensei-servant-motherfucker. I”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

“There are times when I absolutely, 110 percent, without a doubt, have to laugh at a thing. ’Cause if I don’t, that same thing will make me go stark-raving bananas.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

“I am Mary Iris Malone, and I am empty, cleaned the fuck out. All that's left is a fierce hunger for flight.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

“But there's quality behind Dustin's eyes when he talks, a dimness, like the slow fade of a dying flashlight. Like someone forgot to replace the batteries in Dustin's face. This kind of emptiness can only be filled with heartache and struggle and I-don't-know-what...the enormity of things. The shit-stink of life. And neither the enormity nor the shit-stink can be found in a pancake breakfast. Pain is what matters.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland