Dave

“We like to draw straight lines from one event to another, this cause to that effect. But history is the illusion that a series of events tells a single story -- despite the fact that every event is a chaos that exceeds our comprehension.”
― D.C. McElroy, Chene

“The Lesson Factory was like the Walmart of guitar lessons. It was connected to the Guitar Center and inside there were about ten soundproof cubicles, each equipped with two chairs and two amplifiers and your very own defeated musician recruited off Craigslist”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

“Is that… normal?” “No,” she replied. “Murder is not normal. You can’t go around killing your own people. Not very often, anyway.” “Not very often?” “It happens,” she shrugged. “What nation never deals in death? All states kill. Soldiers fight. If a judge says ‘OK,’ you can kill anybody. But sometimes a sovereign does not wish for her killing to be seen. There are some good reasons. But if that becomes normal, you have a bigger problem.”
― D.C. McElroy, Chene

“I have found it most useful to break down the types of bullshit job into five categories. I will call these: flunkies, goons, duct tapers, box tickers, and taskmasters.”
― David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory