January 2012
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
I think that
after you connect that way with another person, there’s no other way to live. After you know what it’s like to have someone you feel connected with, you can’t really do without that connection anymore.
It’s like your whole life you’ve been lonely and fine, because you didn’t even know you were lonely. It’s like you’ve always been fine without...
In front of me,
is loss. Nothing but loss. I cannot imagine living another 40, 30, 20, no, even 10 years is too long. There is so much for me to lose in the remaining time I have in my life. Have you ever thought about that? Oh sure, you’re going to gain too, of course. But what you gain, you ultimately lose, too.
So living today is important. Today is good, today you will not lose anything, so live...
So that's how we live our lives.
No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that’s stolen from us - that’s snatched right out of our hands - even if we are left completely changed people with only the outer layer of our skin from before, we continue to play out our lives this way, in silence. We draw nearer to our alloted span of time, bidding it farewell as it trails off behind....
I am running.
Running to keep up. Because my life was on pause and suddenly I’m thrown back into the race. I am running to keep up, because no one will slow down and stroll with me, and I can’t stand it being alone behind everyone else. I am running to keep up, and pretending that I’m not struggling with my breath. I am running, and I’m full of fake enthusiasm and excitement for what is...
Is the computer masculine or feminine?
Men’s argument: It is female, because you’d probably end up spending half your money on accessories for it.
Women’s argument: It is male because, first, if you want it to do anything, you have to turn it on. Second, it’s supposed to solve problems but half the time is the problem itself. Most importantly, as soon as you commit to one, you realise if you’d waited a...
“Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are...”
– Anneli Rufus
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“The best way out is always through.”
– Robert Frost
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“Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor)
I looked at you,
and all of a sudden I thought, I’m in love with your soul.
It doesn’t matter where that soul is kept. It doesn’t matter what the shell becomes, or what it does. The soul is the same soul. It doesn’t matter what happened in the past that made the soul the way it is now, and it won’t matter what happens from now that will reshape the soul. The soul is still the same...
“People can’t conceive of a virtue in someone else that they can’t...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor)
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