Everything in the world would subsequently fall into two categories: The things my mother wanted me to eat Random shit I would shove into my mouth with frenzied abandon The Venn diagram of these two items would rarely, if ever, overlap.
“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“I need not be visibly odd. I could engage in the protocols that others followed and move undetected among them. And how could I be sure that other people were not doing the same - playing the game to be accepted but suspecting all the time that they were different?”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I am, when you stop to think of it, a member of a fairly select group: the final handful of American novelists who learned to read and write before they learned to eat a daily helping of video bullshit. This might not be important. On the other hand, if you’re just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television’s electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall. See what blows, and how far. Just an idea.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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