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Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive—or praising you after you ain’t.
History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.
“The big reason why folks leave a small town,” Rant used to say, “is so they can moon over the idea of going back. And the reason they stay put is so they can moon about getting out.”
Rant meant that no one is happy, anywhere.
“Life’s greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.”
How folks lay claim to a loved one is they give you a name of their own. They figure to label you as their property.
“You’re a different human being to everybody you meet.”
“The future you have tomorrow won’t be the same future you had yesterday.”
“Some people are just born human. The rest of us, we take a lifetime to get there.”
You can get plenty of folks telling the same lie if they got a stake in it. You get everybody telling the same lie and it ain’t a lie, not no more.
Money you don’t work to earn, you spend very quickly.
Death is a tragic event, but stopping the flow of traffic is always seen as the greater crime.
What if reality is nothing but some disease?”
Most kids only want to be special the same way their friends are special.
The government says Rant’s alive because they need a villain. The kids say he’s alive because they need a hero.
Ask yourself: What did I eat for breakfast today? What did I eat for dinner last night? You see how fast reality fades away?
