“I guess its because we all want to believe that what we do is very important, that people hang on to our very word, that they care what we think. The truth is, you should consider yourself lucky if you even occasionally get to make someone-anyone-feel a little better.”
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“You know that things aren’t going well for you when you can’t even tell people the simplest fact about your life, just because they’ll presume you’re asking them to feel sorry for you. I suppose it’s why you feel so far away from everyone, in the end; anything you can think of to tell them just ends up making them feel terrible.”
― A Long Way Down
― A Long Way Down
“Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist.”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen
“He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.”
― The Leftovers
― The Leftovers
“JD: You're an actor!
Janitor: You're a fireman! What are we doing?”
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Janitor: You're a fireman! What are we doing?”
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