“I am, I am, I exist, I think therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think anymore.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“It's the price of rootlessness. Motion sickness. The only cure: to keep moving.”
― Angels in America
― Angels in America
“The future exists only in the shape of our present apprehensions and hopes, and the past merely as memory.”
― The Rings of Saturn
― The Rings of Saturn
“At one point, she said after a while, at one point we thought we might raise silkworms in one of the empty rooms. But then we never did. Oh, for the countless things one fails to do!”
― The Rings of Saturn
― The Rings of Saturn
“Did you know people get rich off of sadness? I want to meet the millionaire of American sadness. I want to look him in the eye, shake his hand, and say, 'it's been an honor to serve my country.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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