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“Rationing is for people who only want to endure.”
“When the time comes … don’t hesitate. You’re never going to be the biggest or the strongest in the fight. You have to be the most ruthless.
I always suspected I might not be a good person. I tried to do the right things. I tried to be kind and helpful and honest. It never seemed to get me anywhere.
“You deserve to be here as much as anyone. More than anyone. You’re talented, Mara, really fucking talented. You’re already a star. Everyone else doesn’t know it yet, but I do. You’re going to make art that makes people think and cry and burn with envy.”
plebs
People drive their cars with one hand, scrolling on their phones like nothing can happen to them. Meanwhile, they’re terrified of some statistically improbable event like a shark attack on their vacation to Hawaii. The real dangers are all around you all the time.”
She’s always more surprised by kindness than by cruelty.
The worst people are free to maim and defame however they like. There is no justice. There is no fairness.
Lie to the world, but not to yourself.”
I can’t judge anyone. I’ve been a fucking mess for most of my life. A literal crazy person at times. Everyone is a mix of good and bad. Can the good cancel out the bad? I don’t know. I’m not sure I even care. If there’s no objective measure, then all that matters is how I feel.
Are there any actual adults? Or just children that grew tall?
I eat her ass like a ten-course meal.
humans don’t learn things all on our own. Someone has to teach us. It might be necessary for someone to believe in us before we can believe in ourselves.
“I know this is sacrilege, but sometimes I like the American version better. We take all these foods from all over the world, amp it up, put it on steroids.
It’s a blessing and a curse. When everything is wrong, it’s pure torture. But when all goes right, it’s a gift I’d never give up.
“No plan survives contact with the enemy.”
It’s not about wishing we were JFK. It’s about planning how we WILL be, in the not-too-distant future. The next person who stands behind the presidential pulpit and gives a speech that enlivens the heart of the nation won’t be an old white man.
