“It seems weird to me that here we are, alive, not knowing why we are alive, and just going about our business, sort of ignoring that fact. How are we all not looking at each other all the time just like, Yo, what the fuck?”
― So Sad Today: Personal Essays
― So Sad Today: Personal Essays
“I can never be who I was. I can simply watch her with sympathy, understanding, and some measure of awe. There she goes, backpack on, headed for the subway or the airport. She did her best with her eyeliner. She learned a new word she wants to try out on you. She is ambling along. She is looking for it.”
― Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
― Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Why is the measure of love loss?”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“Just because you wander in the desert, it does not mean there is a promised land.”
― The Invention of Solitude
― The Invention of Solitude
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