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“You want your agony to have a certain sophistication, no? You don’t want people to think you’re some simpleton who just suddenly realized life is hard, do you? Well, then, first you need to build a solid foundation, and that is what the following chapters are all about: bringing out the little turtlenecked French nihilist in you as a child. You need to cultivate your neuroses. Even if you only have one mental breakdown later in life, this early work will make it easier for you to “lose it” with gusto when the time is right.”
― How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows
― How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows
“I promise you that the same stuff galaxies are made of, you are. The same energy that swings planets around stars makes electrons dance in your heart. It is in you, outside you, you are it. It is beautiful. Trust in this. And you and your life will be grand.”
― Live Your Truth
― Live Your Truth
“Why do people go to these places, these places that are not for them?
It must be that they believe in their night vision.
They believe themselves able to draw images up out of the dark.
But black wells only yield black water.”
― White Is for Witching
It must be that they believe in their night vision.
They believe themselves able to draw images up out of the dark.
But black wells only yield black water.”
― White Is for Witching
“For some of us, Halloween is everyday.”
― Tim Burton
― Tim Burton
“And I had my first oyster. Now, this was a truly significant event. I remember it like I remember losing my virginity — and in many ways, more fondly. August”
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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