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It`s natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity`s highest callings.
He wasn`t looking for perfection, just someone who made him feel secure enough to be insecure around her.
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
If I had my way we`d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead.
I would rather not like you for telling me not to do things, than not have you around to tell me not to do things.
The past is a gaping hole. You try to run from it, but the more you run, the deeper it grows behind you, its edges yawning at your heels. Your only chance is to turn around and face it. But it`s like looking down into the grave of your love, or kissing the mouth of a gun, a bullet trembling in its dark nest, ready to blow your head off.
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
It is important to have fun in life, of course. But when you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.
What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else.
One day you do meet a man who kisses you and you can`t breathe around it and you realize you don`t need air. Oxygen is trivial. Desire makes life happen. Makes it matter. Makes everything worth it. Desire is life. Hunger to see the next sunrise or sunset. To touch the one you love. To try again.
Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can`t see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.
I want to sleep, I want dreams to pull me from this world and make me forget. To stop the memories from swirling around me. To put an end to this ache that consumes me.
If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don`t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me.