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Bang QUOTES

Bang QUOTES

1 " People can wonder and ponder and imagine all they want. But their curiosity does not entitle them to enter my world. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

2 " Nice is the white bread of the English language adjective breadbox. It’s tasteless, bland, and forgettable. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

3 " Like the games. I love these old games. The simplicity of them. You master them. You play them. You play until you lose. There are no complicated button combos or secret cheat codes or hidden trophies to collect. The achievement lies in lasting as long as you can, until you die.

Like life.

Last as long as you can. Hold on as long as possible. And there's no shame in losing, because everyone loses. It's just that everyone has a different score.

And the scores don't really matter after all. They disappear when you turn the game. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

4 " I'm still not ready to believe time heals wounds, but I think maybe something else does.

We heal wounds. Not time.

Us. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

5 " (O)ur lives are the sum of our mistakes as well as our triumphs... "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

6 " There's a difference between what you'll do in your mind and what you'll actually do for real. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

7 " ...rarely do the 'significant events' in our lives change us. At least, not in any way we want. The people who suffer tragedy and go on to greatness? They're the stuff of movies and TV shows and books, and--only very rarely--real life. Most of us just go on, the walking wounded, dealing with our lives. This doesn't make us bad--it just means we're not superheroes. It means we're just people, like everyone else. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

8 " I can't stop you from killing yourself. If that's what you truly want, no one can stop you. I can't be around twenty-four hours a day, looking after you. But if that's what you want, don't you think you owe it to your mother to talk to her first? "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

9 " Popular culture woefully underprepares us for actual therapy. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

10 " Less than I want. More than I deserve. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

11 " She strokes my cheek. "Don't hate yourself, sweetheart. It gets you nothing. It gets you nowhere. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

12 " Somethings are private. And they should stay that way and they get to stay that way. This isn't preschool; I don't have to share. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

13 " Rich people can afford anything, even better laughter. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

14 " She chuckles. "You're apologizing again! All is right with the world. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

15 " I surrender. Sometimes I feel like that's all I do with her. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

16 " The key word is "friend-zone" is friend. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

17 " The distractions then were card catalogs and dust and the smell of old paper and ink. The distractions were deep. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

18 " The world is filled with invisible, theoretical assassins, armed projections of our deepest ids, bearing guns loaded with wish-bullets. If you listen closely, you can hear them singing as they whiz by your head, always passing harmlessly through their intended targets. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

19 " There's an old song that says, "Suicide is painless." I'm not foolish enough to believe that's always the case, but I do know this: Suicide ends pain. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang

20 " I suppose the thought of it should be comforting to me, the idea that a lifetime is measured not in time, but in understanding. "

― Barry Lyga , Bang