

“The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways–and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism isâ€� precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position”
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“We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you say 'Yes, it happened, and there's nothing I can do about it,' the sooner you can get on with your own life. You've got children to bring up. So you've got to get over it. What we have to get over, somehow we do. Even the worst things.”
― The Shipping News
― The Shipping News

“It is my opinion that the isolated mind loses its purchase on reality all too easily and becomes prone to fantasy.”
― A Death in Vienna
― A Death in Vienna

“My stomach hurts, but if it's guilt or impacted stool, I can't tell. Either way, I'm so full of shit.”
― Choke
― Choke
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