“there are three things we cry for in life: things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.”
― Girlfriend in a Coma
― Girlfriend in a Coma
“A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.”
― Stranger than Fiction
― Stranger than Fiction
“I didn't realize then that so much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience.”
― Girlfriend in a Coma
― Girlfriend in a Coma
“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
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