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Corey’s Quotes

“We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.”
― Amy Hempel, The Collected Stories

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“The severing of an established connection is exponentially more painful than the rejection of an attempted connection.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Broom of the System

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“i am still unsure of what 'life to the fullest' for me would be, mostly i just try to be well-liked in social situations and not die”
― Megan Boyle, selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee

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“Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.”
― Judith Butler, Undoing Gender

tags: gender, inspirational, possibility

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“I think the world divides neatly into those who are excited by the managed induction of terror and those who are not. I do not find terror exciting. I find it terrifying. One of my basic goals is to subject my nervous system to as little total terror as possible. The cruel paradox of course is that this kind of makeup usually goes hand in hand with a delicate nervous system that's extremely easy to terrify.”
― David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

tags: excitement, fear, personality, terror

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Ask Gary Shteyngart - Friday, March 7th! — 183 members — last activity Mar 08, 2014 09:10PM
Join us on Friday, March 7th, for a special discussion with author Gary Shteyngart! The author will be discussing his book Little Failure. Become a f ...more

Completists' Club — 538 members — last activity Dec 24, 2024 10:59PM
A group for those attempting to complete, or who have completed, the canons of their favourite writers. Share your canon-wide knowledge and opinion wi ...more

Literary Fiction Dialogue — 169 members — last activity Jul 10, 2025 06:02PM
A place for literary fiction readers and writers to engage in an open dialogue concerning the state of literature today, book recommendations, discuss ...more