"I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that."

It's not the most dramatic or cutting Rust Cohle quote, but it's my favorite.

"It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story."

- The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Which I've heard attributed to Mel Brooks, but similar variants repeated by many writers.

"Having ideas is easy. Deciding which ideas are worth pursuing is the trick."

I have a lot of ideas. I am not at all good at deciding which ones to pursue.

What a week.I made it through and I'm not entirely sure "now what?" Except, a few moments' thought tells me that what's coming, including another vet visit ( Read more... )

There's a scene in Gravity Falls where Mabel requests the 80ist, cheesiest, crowd-pleasingist song they've got ( Read more... )

“I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.”

- Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

"And who wants to spend all the time that they're given pretending to be what they ain't?"

- Shivers, Best Served Cold

"So who else was hoping the Large Hadron Collider would create a black hole so you wouldn't have to come to class today?"