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Southern Dust Southern Dust by Caspar Vega
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“Having Miami in a state like Florida makes no sense. You may as well put Los Angeles in the middle of Arkansas. It's not connected, it's just bright and loud and big and... there.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“It was humanoid in form but it was certainly not a person. Its big upside-down teardrop shaped head was covered in blood yet I could still see it pulsating as if there was a big heart stuck inside its forehead, next to the brain, aching to pop out.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“Perhaps the cultural Christianity needs to become full-on no-excuses Christianity. You need light to fight the dark. It's the oldest story in the book.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“Two middle-aged yuppies got bored of their chosen careers, looked into Wicca and now fancy themselves to be witches. They're going to initiate their young daughter into it now. The broomstick family. How charming.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“Generation to generation, these pseudo-revolutionaries could never handle not being the cool kids. Something was always wrong. No sense of humor, no sense of self, just anger, vitriol, and misery.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“The reinvention, the self-improvement, this kind of planning never really ends. It's not like you cross off six out of seven things from a recent list and voila, no more lists to worry about. It sounds more exhausting than it is. The life project.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“The doctors called it a nervous breakdown. I called it a revelation.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“I'm a procrastinator and a lazy person by nature. However, I require the laziness for greatness.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“Thinking about Toni and how she can never know what kind of a monster she went to bed with. Maybe even had a little crush on. All this guy ever crushes are skulls and hope.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“I can't think of a worse way to die. Not knowing you're in danger, just realizing that it's over in that split second. I could have tortured him for days and it would have been less insulting.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
tags: death
“There is something alluring about dying in a battle. I don't yearn for death. Suicide is the ultimate disgrace. Yet the image of going out in a blaze of glory, fighting for something truly good, truly worthwhile, something you truly believe in... The idea's splendor overwhelms me.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“Personal trainers and writers don't end up in history books.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust
“These aren't revolutionaries. They're losers. Smelly hippies who will always blame somebody else for their problems.”
Caspar Vega, Southern Dust