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181 " It is five in the morning. I have woken up without any alarm. I have woken up because the thoughts are so loud, and none of them mean me well. "
― Ned Vizzini , It's Kind of a Funny Story
182 " I was in some one else's house, so I woke up early - at eight - with that crazy sleeping-at-someone-else's-house energy. "
183 " Where are you supposed to put your arms when you dance? It’s like the Universal Question. "
184 " At least I’m giving someone an example not to follow. "
185 " Life's not about feeling better; it's about getting the job done. "
186 " I'm still a nobody. When am I going to not be a nobody? "
187 " Well, my dad died when I was three.” Shoot. That’s right. Some of us have actual things to complain about. "
188 " A doctor comes into 22. She has long, dark hair and a pudgy face and bright green eyes. “Hey.” “I’m Dr. Data.” “Dr. Data?” “Yes.” Huh. I want to ask her if she’s an android, but that wouldn’t be very respectful; and besides, I’m not up to it. "
189 " I'm waiting for her to say "Craig, what you need to do is X" and for the Shift to occur. I want there to be a Shift so bad. "
190 " Bobby sips his coffee. “If there wasn’t coffee on this earth, I’d be dead. "
191 " I smile to myself. I have a secret: I wish I was Dumbo the Octopus. "
192 " But it suddenly makes sense: I’d like to be under the sea, as an octopus. "
193 " Just be careful of forming close relationships, Craig. Focus on yourself.” “Okay.” “Only then does healing take place.” “All right. "
194 " I look up at her, rolling her mouth and smiling down. I look at the map. It’s not a brain, clearly; it’s a map; can’t she see the rivers and highways and interchanges? But I see how it could look like a brain, like if all roads were twisted neurons, pulling your emotions from one place to another, bringing the city to life. A working brain is probably a lot like a map, where anybody can get from one place to another on the freeways. It’s the nonworking brains that get blocked, that have dead ends, that are under construction like mine. "
195 " There’s great stuff in there. There’s a disease called Ondine’s Curse, in which your body loses the ability to breathe involuntarily. Can you imagine? You have to think “breathe, breathe” all the time, or you stop breathing. Most people who get it die. "
196 " That means you start today. This is an opportunity for you to explore your interests. So I ask you: what are your hobbies?” Bad question, Monica. “I don’t have any.” “Aha. None at all?” “No.” I work, Monica, and I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about work, and I freak out about how much I think about how much I think about work, and I think about how freaked out I get about how much I think about how much I think about work. Does that count as a hobby? "
197 " People don’t make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. The people here are going to change. "
198 " The party line is that some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle, "
199 " Good. Because right now I don’t have you pegged as a yuppie. You’re something else. I’m not sure what you are, but I’m going to find out.” “Cool. "
200 " It’s funny how people ask that as soon as they get you on the phone. I think it’s a byproduct of cell phones: people—girls and moms especially—want to nail you down in physical space. The fact is that you could be anywhere on a cell phone and it shouldn’t be important where you are. But it becomes the first thing people ask. "