338 quotes found
“Im not sure. But unless Im struggling with the darkness within I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is.”
“The animals known as human beings live in humongous condominium blocks, just going about their daily lives. I've come to realize that it's just a modern jungle. And I'm the girl who's wandered into...”
“Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence, I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany.”
“So our narcissism has bared forth an unflattering nakedness that shames our species. But this is humanity. This is our condition.”
“She senses your vulnerability, and reassures that every dream youve ever whispered in the night, or secret desires you dared not speak, are all within the palm of her hand”
“... because the Legs wasn't fearful of heights or swimming in rough water or Death itself she wasn't afraid to risk making a fool of herself. Maybe you think that's something of no consequence but ...”
“Seeing him again had been a gut punch.”
“Stop saying hurt. She turned on him; the wounded animal finally breaking free. You fall over on the pavement, that hurts; you stub your toe, that hurts; you trap your finger in a car door, shit, th...”
“And then he was kissing me like we were both on fire and he was trying to put the flames out, and I kissed him back like an arsonist with a pocketful of matches.”
“Talking to you is like talking to someone Ive never met before. When did you become so competitive? When did you decide that you needed to win all of the time?He stopped dead in the promenade and g...”
“Dont invite envy to your house you never know who will show up, she used to warn me.”
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. (Edmund Burke)”
“How will the performer-audience interaction change, now that we are so used to participating in the lives of strangers?”
“Rubbing a clit to competin and sawing off someone's foot seemed to use all the same muscles.”
“When Id remember this night in weeks, months, or even years, it wouldnt be the sex. Sex would fade and so would the need to be filled with him, but right now I felt him inscribe his soul around my ...”
“This person has hoped and dreamed and now it is really happening and this person can hardly believe it. But believing is not an issue here, the time for faith and fantasy is over, it is really real...”
“Before I could respond, I looked out the window again and as if in response to my thoughts, I saw Cooper walking up my driveway. My jaw dropped. I peeked around the kitchen doorframe. Mom was still...”
“I looked in the mirror and realized that I was already dead. I let you kill me one piece at a time, starting when I was, what? Eight years old? Nine? You killed yourself and then you came after us.”
“I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person's hand holding mine. There have been times where I felt that I might die of loneliness.”
“This is love not business or politics. I love someone. How can I replace her with someone else?”
