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“We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.”
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
― Charles Bukowski

“What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.”
― Howard Phillips Lovecraft

“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters

“We are unusual and tragic and alive.”
― dave eggers

“Adjust my dreams for me.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, The Informers

“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
― Augusten Burroughs

“I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.”
― David Bowie

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
and I eat men like air.”
― Sylvia Plath, Ariel: The Restored Edition

“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.”
― Dolly Parton

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)”
― Sylvia Plath

“I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.”
― Franz Kafka