Paige I

“I blame the Internet. Its inconsiderate inclusion of everything.Success is transparent and accessible, hanging down where it can tease but not touch us. We talk into these scratchy microphones and take extra photographs but I still feel like there are just SO MANY PEOPLE. Every day, 1,035.6 books are published; sixty-six million people update their status each morning. At night, aimlessly scrolling, I remind myself of elementary school murals. One person can make a difference! But the people asking me what I want to be when I grow up don't want me to make a poster anymore. They want me to fill out forms and hand them rectangular cards that say HELLO THIS IS WHAT I DO.”
― Marina Keegan, The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

“True creativity is inherently destructive, and truly creative individuals always, without exception, seek to destroy the mediums they work within.”
― Douglas Haddow, Adbusters #84 Pop Nihilism

“I want enough time to be in love with everything . . .”
― Marina Keegan, The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”
― Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea