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You've seen what you've seen; you've felt what you've felt. Ideology is for people who don't trust their own experiences and perceptions of the world.
From Generation A
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Topic: Religion
I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical, Religion
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical
At what point in our lives do we stop blurring? When do we become crisp individuals? What must we do in order to end these fuzzy identities - to clarify just who it is we really are?
-Richard
From Girlfriend in a Coma
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Topic: Hope
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.
From Shampoo Planet
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Topic: Life
She thought about her life and how lost she’d felt for most of it. She thought about the way that all truths she’d been taught to consider valuable invariably conflicted with the world as it was actually lived. How could a person be so utterly lost, yet remain living?
From All Families are Psychotic
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Topic: Life
We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.
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Topic: Inspirational
TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
From JPod
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Topic: Funny
Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.
From Life After God
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Topic: Life
...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical
Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the kid in cut-offs who mows your lawn or the woman wearing White Shoulders who stamps your book at the library—a stranger who, if you were to come home and find a message from them on your answering machine saying ‘Drop everything. I love you. Come away with me now to Florida,’ you’d follow them.
From Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
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Topic: Life
At least there's nothing scary about him and hopefully he doesn't see anything scary in me. We go way back, to summer camp. We KNOW each other. People I don't know just make me want to say YIKES! I'll take history over mystery any day of the week.
From Shampoo Planet
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Topic: Relationships
When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing.
From Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
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Topic: Life
My arm draped her shoulder; we both felt safe, as if we were a complete solar system unto ourselves, dangling in the sky, warm heated planets inside a universe of stars.
-Richard
From Girlfriend in a Coma
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Topic: Happiness
You've seen what you've seen; you've felt what you've felt. Ideology is for people who don't trust their own experiences and perceptions of the world.
From Generation A
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Topic: Religion
I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical, Religion
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical
At what point in our lives do we stop blurring? When do we become crisp individuals? What must we do in order to end these fuzzy identities - to clarify just who it is we really are?
-Richard
From Girlfriend in a Coma
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Topic: Hope
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.
From Shampoo Planet
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Topic: Life
She thought about her life and how lost she’d felt for most of it. She thought about the way that all truths she’d been taught to consider valuable invariably conflicted with the world as it was actually lived. How could a person be so utterly lost, yet remain living?
From All Families are Psychotic
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Topic: Life
We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.
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Topic: Inspirational
TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
From JPod
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Topic: Funny
Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.
From Life After God
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Topic: Life
...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical
Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the kid in cut-offs who mows your lawn or the woman wearing White Shoulders who stamps your book at the library—a stranger who, if you were to come home and find a message from them on your answering machine saying ‘Drop everything. I love you. Come away with me now to Florida,’ you’d follow them.
From Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
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Topic: Life
At least there's nothing scary about him and hopefully he doesn't see anything scary in me. We go way back, to summer camp. We KNOW each other. People I don't know just make me want to say YIKES! I'll take history over mystery any day of the week.
From Shampoo Planet
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Topic: Relationships
When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing.
From Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
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Topic: Life
My arm draped her shoulder; we both felt safe, as if we were a complete solar system unto ourselves, dangling in the sky, warm heated planets inside a universe of stars.
-Richard
From Girlfriend in a Coma
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Topic: Happiness
You've seen what you've seen; you've felt what you've felt. Ideology is for people who don't trust their own experiences and perceptions of the world.
From Generation A
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Topic: Religion
I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical, Religion
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical
At what point in our lives do we stop blurring? When do we become crisp individuals? What must we do in order to end these fuzzy identities - to clarify just who it is we really are?
-Richard
From Girlfriend in a Coma
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Topic: Hope
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.
From Shampoo Planet
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Topic: Life
She thought about her life and how lost she’d felt for most of it. She thought about the way that all truths she’d been taught to consider valuable invariably conflicted with the world as it was actually lived. How could a person be so utterly lost, yet remain living?
From All Families are Psychotic
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Topic: Life
We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.
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Topic: Inspirational
TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
From JPod
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Topic: Funny
Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.
From Life After God
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Topic: Life
...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.
From The Gum Thief
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Topic: Philosophical
Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the kid in cut-offs who mows your lawn or the woman wearing White Shoulders who stamps your book at the library—a stranger who, if you were to come home and find a message from them on your answering machine saying ‘Drop everything. I love you. Come away with me now to Florida,’ you’d follow them.
From Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
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Topic: Life
At least there's nothing scary about him and hopefully he doesn't see anything scary in me. We go way back, to summer camp. We KNOW each other. People I don't know just make me want to say YIKES! I'll take history over mystery any day of the week.
From Shampoo Planet
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Topic: Relationships
When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing.
From Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
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Topic: Life
My arm draped her shoulder; we both felt safe, as if we were a complete solar system unto ourselves, dangling in the sky, warm heated planets inside a universe of stars.
-Richard
From Girlfriend in a Coma
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Topic: Happiness