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21 " We like to think that all people have hidden depths, but the fact is that a lot of people are shallow. The vast majority don't have an opinion until they tune in to AM radio or read the papers. Then they become social critics. "
― Jessica Zafra , Chicken Pox for the Soul
22 " Everyone declares that love is irrational, and yet everytime this statement is proven correct, they profess amazement. They seem to assume that love will make an exception in their case. It never does. "
23 " One of the advantages of having an imaginary boyfriend is that he exists only for you, therefore he can not be stolen. The disadvantage is that you can not introduce him to your friends. "
24 " In relationships it is best to assume nothing. "
25 " We are all the same in that we all want to be different. "
26 " The more "normal" the person seems, the sicker she probably is. "
27 " Life is a series of random collisions. "
28 " We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves? "
― Jessica Zafra , Twisted 8 ½
29 " I love humanity. It’s people I don’t like. "
― Jessica Zafra
30 " I hear what many of you are saying: We don’t have the time, we are busy. Well Nobody Has Time, Everyone Is Busy. In the time it took you to read this post, your life just got a minute shorter. That is precisely why we read (and why some of us write): because life is short and finite, we want more, and literature is the distillation of all those lives we will not lead. "
31 " Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing? "
― Jessica Zafra , Twisted
32 " Someday you will look back on all the awful stuff that's happening to you, and fondly smile. Doesn't say much about the future, does it? "
33 " My philosophy in gadgets is simple: Use them until they fall apart. Ignore new models as long as you can; they're a plot to separate you from your money. "
34 " While being madly in love is fun, perhaps one should aspire to be sanely in love. "
35 " As you go through life, you learn many lessons. Unfortunately these lessons only apply to the specific instances in which you learned them. Therefore you can expect to make horrible mistakes no matter how long you live. "
36 " People will hate you for no apparent reason. "
37 " The reason men rule is because women let them. "
38 " We don't really have a movie industry; we have a trailer industry. The movie guys make five minutes worth of stuff to get people in the theatre, and eighty-five minutes of filler. "
39 " The reason producers make stupid movies is because there are stupid people who will pay to see them. "
40 " The expression "madly in love" is apt, for it describes a form of temporary insanity. "