“Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“People are obscenities. Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Why America has never made the connection between tract housing and psychosis is beyond me”
― The Bark Of The Dogwood: A Tour Of Southern Homes And Gardens
― The Bark Of The Dogwood: A Tour Of Southern Homes And Gardens
“Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common.”
― Naked
― Naked
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