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So Girl grows up. Girl gets the boy next door tripping over his feet, or the football player missing his throws, or the quiet geek proving his worth (while getting hot during a makeover montage; let’s be real). And then Girl marches off,
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“It is an empirical confirmation of the theoretical provisions of science by ‘returning’ to the visual level of cognition when the ideal nature of abstractions is ignored and the abstractions in question are identified with observable objects,”
― School of Shards
― School of Shards
“Meaning is the projection of will onto the area of its application. Find the correct vector, and your actions will become meaningful.”
― School of Shards
― School of Shards
“All people have been manifested out loud some time ago. And they continue saying words, having no idea about their true meaning.”
― Vita Nostra
― Vita Nostra
“it is true to an extent that what I did wasn’t my fault. We didn’t know it, but we were the diseased ones and everyone we saw as an Other was not. We had the narrative—constructed over the long haul by misunderstandings, groupthink, pop-culture, and paranoia. It fed our brains the wrong signals. The infection boosted them, it stripped out everything else. God help us, it showed us what we wanted to see. It was not my fault. And yet. Not everyone infected fell for this narrative. Some people, a lot of people as it turns out, were immune. Or smart. Or sceptical enough not to blow the world to hell. The infection remained dormant in them because they never needed to believe the bullshit everyone else was perpetuating.”
― And Then I Woke Up
― And Then I Woke Up
“The perpetuity of loss never hits right away. Whether it’s physical or metaphorical, the emotional discomfort that comes with it is equally strong, circling in endless loops of confusion that become excruciating when alone at night.”
― Would You Die With Me?
― Would You Die With Me?
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