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“Child-rearing today was so complicated. You always had to think of what they'd say on television later.”
― Empire
― Empire
“Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.”
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.”
― Empire
― Empire
“Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences. For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others…”
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