The Truth of Right Now Quotes

“I am angry. It is illegal for me to be angry. Remember: Don't get angry. It is illegal to be a black man and be angry. Right. Got it. I will remember this next time.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“Honesty isn't easy. Or comfortable.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“Knowledge is not always power.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“Nobody ever asks for permission to ask you a question you want to hear. Nobody ever says, Can I ask you a question? Would you mind if I gave you a massage and warm brownies every day for a month?”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“If I know that I can do something that makes me happy, why do I allow myself to get so depressed?”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“He kisses my tears, and I laugh. This is a moment. I want to remember this moment. Every detail, every sense. It's one of those moments in life that makes everything else worth it. One of those moments that feels like an eternity of bliss in one tiny bite of time. It's one of those moments that falls from some heavenly plane to remind you that life can be wonderful.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“I'm attracted to difficulty, I think. I'm attracted to guys who have truckloads of baggage. With them, it will never, ever be simple. And then they do or say one little magical thing and they own me.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“I'm awful at hiding it when I'm miserable. Sometimes I think if I were better at it maybe I'd be able to fool myself. Trick the misery right out of me.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“I'm probably the only person in the world that feels physical pain as a reaction to joy.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“I have no interest in looking at all of that shit written down. I would rather have a root canal. In 1705.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“Because it's like taking a vacation from real life, and real life is mostly terrible.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“In a flash, I remember why I don't care for therapists and why I didn't want to do this in the first place. They judge. Even if they don't mean to, they do. They think they know best and, sorse yet, they can convince you it's true.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“I dug her usage of "Spotify" as a verb.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“One Day you might desperately need to hear power chords and indulgent drum solos. Another might be a day for orchestral sounds. Picking one band above all else is just wrong. But, then again, it's not like what I say has to be etched in blood. Changing my mind later doesn't necessarily mean I'm a total waffler.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“I like lots of bands, and I LOVE fewer, but the list is still lengthy. I rarely pick a "favorite" because I think that's for laypeople who don't understand the infinite possibilities of music.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“You know gentrification is deep when a garage rock band made up of three white boys is called "Harlem".”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“I don't like being profiled. Doesn't matter what the truth is.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“Saturday-morning cartoon sure aren't what they used to be. The animation is lazy. Too clean. He misses being able to detect pencil lines and paint strokes in his favorite cartoon characters, his mind never quite separating the creatures from the art that brought them to life.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“That's the problem with getting your heart wrapped up in things. The dumbest stuff starts to carry way too much significance. You think about things way too much. You imagine a hole being filled that rarely bothered you at all when it was empty.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“You never know. Somebody can seem cool and then you look in their music library and there's Katy Perry.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“Oldest toy store in the world and they couldn't pay their rent anymore. New York City real estate. Nothing good can stay.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now