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Thomas Olivent
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“We cannot blame ourselves for the wars our parents start. Sometimes the very best thing we can do is walk away.”
“He felt a weight roll off him, the exquisite relief of canceled plans that extroverts will never know.”
― I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
― I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
“nothing ruins your view of the world like getting your dream job.”
― I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
― I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
“We all don't get happy lives. Maybe a happy life doesn't exist, at least not as some complete, discrete entity. We get what we get and we sort through how we feel about it moment by moment.”
― The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home
― The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home
“That’s what you’ll find out here in the wastelands. Almost all of these people are just like you. They want to do the right thing, and every morning, they wake up and go do it. Every. Single. Day.”
― I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
― I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
“Maybe this is a bad time to bring this up, but you need to pay your credit card bill. It’s maxed out, and you’ve missed the past two due dates. And the thing is—and this is going to sound selfish, because it is—but your Netflix account got suspended, and I was only halfway through season three of Cheers. The laugh track is a bit off-putting, but it’s still a good show. I really love the plot twist that Norm’s nagging wife, Vera, turns out to have been dead for ten years, and Norm has kept her memory alive by continuing a fictional narrative about her. Sam and Diane knew that Vera wasn’t really alive and that Norm was delusional, but in episode seven, when they go to check in on Norm, they find him cuddled up next to her decayed corpse and reading her Lord Byron’s “The First Kiss of Love,” and he’s crying. The stench is unbearable, but less unbearable than the brutal truth of the moment. My point is, I didn’t get to finish watching Cheers because you’re behind on your credit card payments. I need you to deal with that.”
― The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home
― The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home
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