his father warning him about his musical aspirations, saying, “This songwriting thing is going to break your heart.” Seeing that his son was determined, however, he gave him $40, saying, “It’s not much, but it’s all I have.”
Quotes
Who with only five senses and a reliance on obsolete metal tech could really understand what it meant to be alive?
Suddenly they were aware of sounds their earbuds, earrings, and ear-surrounds had protected them from: car engines, emergency sirens, truck airbrakes, the rustles and shuffles that indicated the existence of other people. The awareness became torture.
They ate half of the smoked flesh right there out on the lawn, taking turns, only ever eating slices of the other. They both agreed there was something too bloodlessly sickening about eating the self.
The other girls at the store had roommates. They thought it was odd how much I paid for no company at all.
If I came away from this with one thing, it’s that game development is truly brutal and I don’t understand why anyone does it.
You wanted, he says. You wanted and wanted. You were like this endless thing. A well that never emptied.
Many people live and die without ever confronting themselves in the darkness. Pray that one day, you will spin around at the water’s edge, lean over, and be able to count yourself among the lucky.
I was jealous of the oysters. They never had to think about themselves.
At first everyone blamed the fashion industry, then the millennials, and, finally, the water.