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“Hey, I get you, man,” assured Officer Villalobos. “And what you feel is totally valid—”
“—for Christ’s sake, can you stop saying what you think you should say?” said Gonzales.”
― A Happy Ghost
“—for Christ’s sake, can you stop saying what you think you should say?” said Gonzales.”
― A Happy Ghost
“If we fear people who can shadow us, we will stay with those who do not give off any light.”
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“Surely in this vale of tears we call life, the ill, the halt, and the lame find it curious that some people with constitutions like bull calves sometimes consider their good health and strength a curse rather than a blessing. It can be, though. In fistfights, even beaten senseless, we don't fall down nearly soon enough; the joys of drug abuse don't seem to take their proper toll; and, sometimes, when we try to drink ourselves to death, we fail miserably. Miserably.”
― Dancing Bear
― Dancing Bear
“Where shyness should be shown, it should be shown. Or there will be a situation where you will regret it later.”
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“The mere thought of having to enter into contact with someone else makes me nervous. A simple invitation to have dinner with a friend produces an anguish in me that’s hard to define. The idea of any social obligation whatsoever – attending a funeral, dealing with someone about an office matter, going to the station to wait for someone I know or don’t know – the very idea disturbs my thoughts for an entire day, and sometimes I even start worrying the night before, so that I sleep badly. When it takes place, the dreaded encounter is utterly insignificant, justifying none of my anxiety, but the next time is no different: I never learn to learn.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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