Jake

“Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist.”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen

“He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.”
― Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers

“I’ve matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.”
― Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers

“You know that things aren’t going well for you when you can’t even tell people the simplest fact about your life, just because they’ll presume you’re asking them to feel sorry for you. I suppose it’s why you feel so far away from everyone, in the end; anything you can think of to tell them just ends up making them feel terrible.”
― Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down