“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
“Because that’s really something I can’t stand — when people refer to themselves as crazy. The truly crazy are labeled so on the grounds that they see nothing wrong with their behavior. They forge ahead, lighting fires in public buildings and defecating in frying pans without the slightest notion that they are out of step with the rest of society. That, to me, is crazy.”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
“The combination of ammonia and chloride can be lethal but I've discovered it can work miracles as long as you keep telling yourself, "I want to love, I want to live...”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
“I just looked at the pattern of my life, decided I didn't like it, and changed.”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
“The trouble with aggressive nonsmokers is that they feel they are doing you a favor by not allowing you to smoke. They seem to think that one day you'll look back and thank them for those precious fifteen seconds they just added to your life. What they don't understand is that those are just fifteen more seconds you can spend hating their guts and plotting revenge.”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
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