Thinking
Pretending not to be annoyed/upset when you really are can sometimes save your ass, but in general I think it's a terrible practice.
Thinking
It totally sucks when someone you love to death turns out to be a compulsive liar/exaggerator.
Thinking
1. Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You better know that in the end
It’s better to say too much
Than never to say what you need to say again
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
2. I wish John Mayer had written the Bible. Then I'd like it.
3. My eyeball hurts. Why? WHY?!
4. Oh god, it's 4am.
5. Mr. Hudson (formerly Mr. Hudson and the Library) is so ridiculously awesome. Listen to Time, Stiff Upper Lip and their remix of On the Street Where You Live. So good, so good. (Thank you, Sonny!)
6. I'm leaving for the countryside tomorrow. No Internetz for 36 hours. I'll probably die.
Thinking
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
-Abba Eban
Thinking
The Douglas Coupland edition:
"And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older, as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened."
"In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spell-cast. We speak in sentences that end before finishing. We sleep heavily because we need to ask so many questions as we dream alone. We bump into others and feel bashful at recognizing souls so similar to ourselves."
"In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter any day of the week."
"Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic."
"I didn't realize then that so much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience."
"What I will tell you, son of sons, is this: shortly, if not already, you will begin noticing the blackness inside us all. You will develop black secrets and commit black actions. You will be shocked at the insensitivities and transgressions you are capable of, yet you will be unable to stop them. And by the time you are thirty, your friends will all have black secrets, too, but it will be years before you learn exactly *what* their black secrets are. Life at that point will become like throwing a Frisbee in a graveyard; much of the pleasure of your dealings with your friends will stem from the contrast between your sparkling youth and the ink you now know lies at your feet."
“You fear that if you lower your guard for even one second your whole world will disintegrate into chaos.”
“You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself.”