
“so here i sit. a sum of the parts. about a third way down this wonderful path, so to speak. and i've been thinking lately about a friendship that fell apart with time, with distance, and with the misunderstanding of youth. i'm trying not to confuse sadness with regret. not the easiest thing at times. i dont regret that certain things happened. i understand that perhaps i had a choice in the matter, or perhaps i believe in fate. probably not, but so far actions as small as the quickest glance to events as monumental as death have pushed me slowly along to right here, right now. there was no other way to get here. the meandering and erratic path was actually the straightest of lines. take away a handful of angry words, things once thought of as mistakes or regrets, and i'm suddenly a different person with a different history, a different future. that, i would regret. so here i sit. thinking about a person i once called my best friends. a man who might be full of sadness and regret, who might not give a damn, or who might, just might, remember the future and realize that's where its at.”
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“-سحبت شفتها السفلى إلى الداخل كعادتها عندما تفكر, قبل أن تلتفت ناحيتي مرة أخرى, وتقول:
-أتدري ؟ عندي أمنية ...
ابتسمت لها باستفهام, فتابعت كلامها بانبهار طفولي :
- أن أحمل منك, وألد في السماء !”
― صوفيا
-أتدري ؟ عندي أمنية ...
ابتسمت لها باستفهام, فتابعت كلامها بانبهار طفولي :
- أن أحمل منك, وألد في السماء !”
― صوفيا

“I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new lungs. Everyone should remember being born. It doesn't seem fair that we only remember dying.”
― Fever
― Fever

“Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.”
― Geek Love
― Geek Love

“I hid Mrs. Frozenwater’s body in the ice cube trays in my freezer. Better to keep her there than let her memory thaw out and evaporate. Scotch on the rocks, anyone?
”
― A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom
― A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom
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