“What happens after you die?" "Lot's of things happen after you die - they just don't involve you.”
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“Storytelling is inherently dangerous. Consider a traumatic event in your life. Think about how you experienced it. Now think about how you told it to someone a year later. Now think about how you told it for the hundredth time. It's not the same thing. Most people think perspective is a good thing: you can figure out characters' arcs, you can apply a moral, you can tell it with understanding and context. But this perspective is a misrepresentation: it's a reconstruction with meaning, and as such bears little resemblance to the event.”
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“Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.”
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