Raymond Brooks
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“Pretty much everyone hates high school. It's a measure of your humanity, I suspect. If you enjoyed high school, you were probably a psychopath or a cheerleader. Or possibly both. Those things aren't mutually exclusive, you know. I've tried to block out the memory of my high school years, but no matter how hard you try, it's always with you, like an unwanted hitchhiker. Or herpes. I assume...”
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
“A friend is someone who knows where all your bodies are buried. Because they're the ones who helped you put them there."
And sometimes, if you're really lucky, they help you dig them back up.”
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
And sometimes, if you're really lucky, they help you dig them back up.”
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
“Sometimes stunned silence is better than applause.”
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
“There is no such thing as coincidence in this world. The only thing is hitsuzen.
Hitsuzen...A naturally fore-ordained event. A state in which all other outcomes are impossible.”
― xxxHOLiC, Vol. 1
Hitsuzen...A naturally fore-ordained event. A state in which all other outcomes are impossible.”
― xxxHOLiC, Vol. 1
“I’d convinced myself that girls are like small bears: cute to look at, but far too dangerous to have lunch with.”
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
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