Shane Cummins

“If you do nothing, you are nothing. If someone could pluck you from existence and nothing would change, you've failed.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“as our lives become less and less genuine, we require bigger and bigger thrills to scare us, for just a moment, into feeling human again.”
― Johnny Truant, You Are Dying, and Your World Is a Lie

“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“Epictetus told his students, when they’d quote some great thinker, to picture themselves observing the person having sex. It’s funny, you should try it the next time someone intimidates you or makes you feel insecure. See them in your mind, grunting, groaning, and awkward in their private life—just like the rest of us.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph