Camille

“And the message, no matter how entertainingly couched, is invariably the same: to be special, you must conform; to be happy, you must consume.”
― Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates: A Novel

“the toxin in our mouths has burnt holes in our cheeks.”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“Tell me, amigo," said Switters in a voice just loud enough to penetrate the fellow's earphones, "do you know why boom-boom movies are so popular? Do you know why young males, especially, love, simply love, to see things blown apart?"

The man stared blankly at Switters brightly. "Freedom from the material world. Subconsciously, people feel trapped by our culture's confining buildings and its relentless avalanche of consumer goods. So, when they watch all this shit being demolished in a totally irreverent and devil-may-care fashion, they experience the kind of release the Greeks used to get from their tragedies. The ecstasy of psychic liberation.”
― Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

“rivers fall from my mouth
tears my eyes can't carry”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey