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“It takes two to make an accident.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.”
― Tao Lin

“We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don’t know what to do.”
― Tao Lin, Shoplifting from American Apparel

“Patriotism is the belief that not all human lives are worth the same.”
― Tao Lin, Eeeee Eee Eeee

“Just saw two ants drown together in my bathtub and it reminded me of us: a love story.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

“I am a superficial woman of depth.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

“I would say I'm less afraid of dying than I am of life.”
― Melissa Broder, The Pisces

“I feel bad about my struggle, because it is nothing compared to other people’s struggles and yet it still hurts.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

“I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring.”
― Lydia Davis, The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

“Under all this dirt the floor is really very clean.”
― Lydia Davis, Can't and Won't

“Read the best writers from all different periods; keep your reading of contemporaries in proportion - you do not want a steady diet of contemporary literature. You already belong to your time.”
― Lydia Davis, Essays One