«…you’re too old not to have had, how shall I say, certain experiences. You’ve had bad internet dates. You’ve had people be creeps to you. 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»

«I feel like I am going mad»

«Madness is actually quite rare in individuals. It’s groups of people who go mad. Countries, cults ... religions»

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You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money,
Love like you’ll never get hurt.
Y...
RICHARD LEIGH

I say, “Talk to me. Tell me who you are, what you want, what you’ve never had, the story you’v...
DOROTHY ALLISON If you’ve forgotten what you’re thankful for, you’ve become a glutton. If you’ve forgotten w...
CHRISTOPHER W. FORTNEY

Play to your strengths."

"I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself....
J.K. ROWLING You are here and it hurts and the world feels impossibly heavy and you are shouting bargains at the ...
JEANETTE LEBLANC

all the girls you’ve ever loved, i think i loved them too.
interlude for the grand sonata
WARSAN SHIRE

You’ve always got me”
“Always?”
“Didn’t I just say so?”
“Yes”
...
CLIVE BARKER

They keep telling you, when you’re older, you’ll have experience—and that’s supposed to be s...
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD

You’ve read the books?”
“I’ve seen the movies.”
Cath rolled her eyes so hard, it...
RAINBOW ROWELL

Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done i...
ROBIN HOBB

How long has it been since you’ve slept?” Chase asked.
“I sleep.” Not much.
“How...
SARAH MACLEAN Age is not how old you are, but how many years of fun you’ve had.
MATT MALDRE

A Very Short Poem for Poor Lovers

You’ve got nothing,
I’ve got nothing,
And...
ARZUM UZUN So why do it?,’ he challenged. ‘Why return to biological when a quantum existence can empower yo...
TREVOR BARTON

Don’t turn your face away.
Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know.<...
VASHTI QUIROZ-VEGA You usually can’t recall all the people you’ve shared laughs with. But you rarely forget the...
MYA ROBARTS make love
like you have no
secrets
like you’ve
never been
left
nev...
WARSAN SHIRE I am slowly coming to the conclusion that it’s more important to learn to work with what you’ve ...
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON You’ve mislaid your trust in the past, had your faith in people broken, shattered even. You’ve b...
DENNIS LEHANE Do you know what you’ve done?” I asked in a bland tone. Annette gave me
an inquiring look. ...
JEANIENE FROST You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
NAPOLEON HILL I could have killed you,” I snarl.
“You think you can become a god. You always meddle and c...
KATE ROOPER I want you to trust yourself, baby. Love is all that matters and you’ve always known that. You’v...
JENNIFER ELISABETH every mouth you’ve ever kissed
was just practice
all the bodies you’ve ever undressed<...
WARSAN SHIRE If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.
HENRY FORD You’ve always been a storm
Your lightning mouth
Electrifies my heart
HOLLY DUCARTE Baby you don’t even know I’m falling apart
In your fun and games, You’ve stolen my heart.
AHMED ALI ANJUM smiling with sad eyes I’ve seen what you’ve been hiding
R.H. SIN You’ve got to give the door something?’
‘Yes,’ said Dumbledore. ‘Blood, if I am not m...
J.K. ROWLING You cut yourself off from all sorts of experiences because you tell yourself you are ‘not that sor...
JOJO MOYES The bad news is, people are crueler, meaner and more evil than you’ve ever imagined. The good news...
PLEASEFINDTHIS What do you mean by that?”

Her frustration got the best of her. “You’re so used to ...
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Walk straight ahead
Listen to no one
Trust not in the walls or doorways
For they will...
RENéE PAULE Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or...
SARAH DESSEN But with dogs, we do have "bad dog." Bad dog exists. "Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad dog!" T...
EDDIE IZZARD Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world.”

“Then you’ve made the only...
MARGARET MITCHELL If you can’t find good in your own country, you won’t find it anywhere
else.”
The wo...
ALAA AL ASWANY Don’t worry…three vampire meanies and a horse won’t keep me away from you.”

Kali...
KAILIN GOW I guess what I’m saying is that this all feels very familiar. But it’s not mine to be familiar a...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you’ve got to go somewhere aft...
TERRY PRATCHETT Baby, you’ve got enough strength and tenacity to take
down drug dealers. You’ll be fine.
KATIE MCGARRY I won’t apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience.”
“From all indicatio...
LISA KLEYPAS I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve alw...
DANIEL KEYES You’ve probably heard it before—if not, you’ve likely experienced it yourself.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE You’ve probably heard it before—if not, you’ve likely experienced it yourself.
AULIQ-ICE First, you drink the beer, obviously, and you think about everything you’ve been through, includin...
RACHEL SHARP Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming. And don’t be afraid of wearing your heart on...
TOM HIDDLESTON Home… hard to know what it is if you’ve never had oneHome… I can’t say where it is but I kno...
U2 Elizabeth nodded, looking too dejected to do much more. “Can she just go back to him?” she plead...
KIERA CASS A man you’ve had to conceal in some unsatisfactory hiding place, who then begins to snore.
SEI SHōNAGON I hate the moments between
meeting someone and leaving
someone

there’s this...
R.H. SIN If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be nice, some won’t. ...
NEIL GAIMAN You can’t get where you’re going without being where you’ve been.
LISA GRAFF I’m sure you despise me,” she sobbed, looking up at him through tearful eyes.

“Desp...
DAN BROWN The moment you think that you’ve found out whom you really are, you’ve already changed.
AVIS JOHN Because I don’t believe that you are a slave to what you’ve become. I don’t believe that you s...
BELLA FORREST You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - i...
MAYA ANGELOU Mum said earlier what a lovely dress
you’re wearing.”
Beryl’s eyebrows wriggled lik...
DEREK LANDY It’s all about self-discipline. Like, self-obsession is connected completely with self-loathing, a...
RICHEY EDWARDS I know the journey seems so long
You feel you're walking on your own
But there has never...
JEREMY CAMP I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve b...
ORSON SCOTT CARD Don’t stop now,” Rehv said. “You’ve already jumped off the building. The landing isn’t get...
J.R. WARD If you’ve bullshitted me, angel, I’m going to kill you.”
The other male rolled his eyes. ...
J.R. WARD Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s...
RICK RIORDAN If you think you’ve invented something, ask yourself three questions:

1) Has it been do...
CLIFFORD COHEN The point is, if we find out you’ve been horrible to Harry —”
“— and make no mistake,...
J.K. ROWLING People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsibl...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Colt, you’re going to be a nurse, not a cop. If anything happens, I’ll pay the fines for you.”...
SHAYE EVANS You say you’re sick, huh? Well, it looks like you’ve come down with a case of bullshit.
JUSTIN HALPERN This is terrific. What a gorgeous kitchen. You’ve decorated it so beautifully. Now you’re going ...
DOMINIQUE BROWNING I don’t know you? Hell, I know you! You’re a damn coward, is what you are! You’re afraid of li...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Adversity is a supreme teacher: You may think you’ve learned very much in life, but without advers...
SCOTTIE SOMERS No matter how many movies you watch, songs you listen to, and friends you talk to, you will never un...
EVERANCE CAISER I felt a queasy mixture of relief and horror: when you finally stop an itch and realize it’s becau...
GILLIAN FLYNN The Doctor: Dr. Song, you’ve got that face on again.

River: What face?

The D...
STEVEN MOFFAT Maybe you leave
because you long to know.
Maybe you leave
not because of longing <...
MARISA DONNELLY I-I’m not making advances,” she told him as she flattened herself against his chest. “You’re...
LISA KLEYPAS You haven’t experienced awkwardness until you’ve seen a three-million-dollar piece of software c...
CHARLES YU Shivers heaved out a sigh. “Just trying to make tomorrow that bit better than today is all. I’m ...
JOE ABERCROMBIE Natural to want a bit more once you’ve had that first taste.
J.K. ROWLING It’s sarcasm, Josh.”

“Sarcasm?”

“It’s from the Greek, sarkasmos. T...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE If you aren’t hearing your inner voice, it could mean you’re overburdened or not stimulated enou...
KELLY CUTRONE You’ve shaped me into this woman I never wanted to be. There are bits of myself I don’t even lik...
AMY ANDREWS Why are you so upset? Why do you look like you’ve just lost your heart? Because the guy you’ve w...
BRYNNA GABRIELSON Now that you’re old, cut yourself some slack, would you?

Let yourself off the hook.
LIONEL FISHER You don’t have any friends, your sister dumped you, you’re a freak eater..and you’ve got some ...
RAINBOW ROWELL It’s more common for people to get fire tattoos. Symbols of passion, transformation, change. But I...
KATE MEADER Nita: I think I overdid the vulnerability stuff in this last letter. and that’s why I’m having a...
SARAH E. OLSON When at last we are sure
You’ve been properly pilled,
Then a few paper forms
Must b...
DR. SEUSS What if all your hard work never pays off?
What if I am the outsider to my friends and family?...
QUETZAL All the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the songs you’ve loved have be...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY She must have been tired, because instead of jamming the whip down Monique’s throat, she stood up ...
BARBRA ANNINO There is nothing to opinions, they
may be beautiful or ugly, smart or foolish, everyone can sup...
HERMANN HESSE Ah, there you are, Bard,” came a familiar voice, and she turned to see Alucard striding over.
V.E. SCHWAB We came here for a quiet, small, informal meeting—strictly business. We find you’ve turned it in...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN He shrugged. “I have a stomach thing. Don’t get close.”

“Well, now you’ve spoil...
MICHELLE HODKIN You’re seventeen,” Magnus said. “You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived.
CASSANDRA CLARE You’ve been inexpressibly lucky,” he said finally. “And inexpressibly mad, although in your ca...
NAOMI NOVIK If you don’t come back to the Keep, then I’ll be right. And every time you see me, I’ll be ins...
MARIA V. SNYDER But with dogs, we do have “bad dog.” Bad dog exists. “Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad d...
EDDIE IZZARD

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DOUGLAS COUPLAND The modern world is devoted to vanishing species, vanishing weather and vanishing capacity for wonde...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Do you remember how you felt at seventeen? I do and I don't (...) Imagine you came from outer space ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.
DOUGLAS COUPLAND What else? I also believe that if someone comes up behind you on the freeway and flashes their light...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age - regardless of how they look on t...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you? It'll still be happening to...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Dreams don't come true. Dreams die. Dreams get compromised. Dreams end up dealing meth in a booth at...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND maybe memories are like karaoke-where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling a...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Actually, it's not the impertinence I'm punishing him for, it's that he let other people know what h...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND It’s amazing how you can be a total shithead, and yet your soul still wants to hang out with you.
DOUGLAS COUPLAND the universe is indeed a beautiful place. If you doubt me, go check for yourself.
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I don't understand the human heart. Only pain makes it grow stronger. Only sorrow makes it kind. Con...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I think this is an alarming trend, Bethany, this whole 'passionate' thing. I'm guessing it started a...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND How did society ever function without you, little Sharpies? Your nibs have the precise amount of giv...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I used the phrase 'a certain age.' What I mean by this is the age people are in their heads. It's us...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Maybe memories are like karaoke - where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the p...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Time, Baby - so much, so much time left until the end of my life - sometimes I go crazy at how slowl...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And s...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND And I think back over my own life and I realize that my own nature-the core me-essentially hasn’t ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND You like all animals at that moment, although no doubt you will one day choose your favorites. Your ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Society indeed conspires to keep you ball and chained.
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Yet how often is it that we are rescued by a stranger, if ever at all? And how is it that our lives ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chanc...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Life was charmed but without politics or religion. It was the life of children of the children of th...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I thought it would be such a sick joke to have to remain to be alive for decades and not believe in ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I am a quiet man. I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am, saying ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I have always liked the idea of Superman because I have always liked the idea that there is one pers...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Maybe the more emotions a person experiences in their daily lives, the longer time seems to feel to ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND And then sometimes I think the people to feel saddest for are people who once knew what profoundness...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Time, Baby - so much, so much time left until the end of my life - sometimes I go crazy at how slowl...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic.
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I would like to fall in love again but my only hope is that love doesn't happen to me so often after...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND She says to me, but were we ever intimate? How intimate were we really? Sure, there were the ordinar...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quit...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept wh...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND We are changed souls; we don't look at things the same way anymore. For there was a time when we exp...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I realized that once people are broken in certain ways they can't ever be fixed, and this is somethi...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be he...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chanc...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Is that all time is - our perception of how quickly it does or does not pass?
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Chronocanine Envy:
Sadness experienced when one realized that, unlike one's dog, one cannot liv...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND How can we be alive and not wonder about the stories we knit together this place we call the world? ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I wouldn't mind if the consumer culture went poof! overnight because then we'd all be in the same bo...
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