Tim Anderson > Quotes

“Besides, it's my God-given right as an American to speak my mind and fill others' ears with my thoughts, my opinions, my innermost feelings, and my repressed childhood memories.”
― Tim Anderson

“I'd cycled through the stages of rejection - denial, anger, homicidal mania, hating Matt's stupid face, and acceptance”
― Tim Anderson, Sweet Tooth

“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind," Leviticus says. From where I was standing, though, there was no "lying with mankind" going on; it looked more like "one mankind plowing another mankind from behind.”
― Tim Anderson, Sweet Tooth

“Strength allows you to be there for the world, support it, comfort it, and carry it. And that feels good.”
― Tim Anderson, A Simple Book of Strength

“Japanese addresses typically involve three numbers separated by dashes (e.g., 3-35-31). The first of these is the sub-area where the house or building is located, the second is the block it is on, and the third is the building number. And when these numbers are added together, the sum equals the percentage chance that you are never going to find the building you're looking for.”
― Tim Anderson, Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries

“Unwanted thoughts don’t mean anything other than the meaning you give them.”
― Tim Anderson, A Simple Book of Strength

“Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but not when you're wondering whether or not you're on the right train or if what you're about to eat is filled with bean paste and now chocolate.”
― Tim Anderson

“Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but not when you're wondering whether or not you're on the right train or if what you're about to eat is filled with bean paste and not chocolate.”
― Tim Anderson, Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries