“It's strange being famous. People think they know you.”
― Daytripper
― Daytripper
“I guess that's what pain can do if you allow it: crack you open, let light in, and show you what's on the inside.”
― The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole
― The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole
“But, when our immortality projects fail, when the meaning is lost, when the prospect of our conceptual self outliving our physical self no longer seems possible or likely, death terror -- that horrible, depressing anxiety -- creeps back into our mind. Trauma can cause this, as can shame and social ridicule. As can, as Becker points out, mental illness.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“But worse, it was a new apartment. We both knew that, in New England, old was better. Old was cozy; old, like our farmhouse, like the Pudding, had magic and charm.”
― Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood
― Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood
“People have always believed in miracles... It's in their nature to believe things can always get better in some mysterious way. If everything else fails, higher forces will help them when the time comes. And people do that because they know the very essence of life is...that from the very beginning, at any point...everything can go wrong.”
― Daytripper
― Daytripper
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