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“Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can no longer tolerate them.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
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“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”
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“Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“It's turning out to be a bad day, a day when the sun feels like teeth.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
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