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161 " Here at St. Anthony’s, they have to close the curtains before it gets dark, since if a resident sees themself reflected in a window they’ll think somebody’s peeping in at them. It’s called “sun-downing.” When all the old folks get crazy at sunset. "
― Chuck Palahniuk , Choke
162 " I just want the days of my life to add up to something. The way every day of your life, the way it can just disappear in front of the television, Denny says he wants a rock to show for each day. Something tangible. Just one thing. A little monument to mark the end of each day. "
163 " It's amazing what a woman will read into it if you by accident say, I love you. Ten times out of ten, a guy means I love this. "
164 " And, it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everyone. "
165 " The way to make most women break eye contact is to run your tongue around your lips. The ones who dont look away, for serious, bingo. "
166 " This is the deluded little rube who really thought the future would be any better. If you just worked hard enough. If you just learned enough. Ran fast enough. Everything would turn out right and your life would amount to something. "
167 " ...zău dacă dobitocul ăsta mic nu merita o scatoalcă. De fapt, merita tot ce i s-a întîmplat. Pentru că s-a amăgit să creadă că viitorul îi va aduce numai lucruri bune. Cu condiţia să munceşti din greu. Să înveţi din greu. Să alergi din greu. Şi-atunci toate îţi vor merge strună, iar viaţa ta va avea un sens. "
168 " People really need somebody they feel superior to. So stay downtrodden. "
169 " Masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs. "
170 " So the last night the girl and her lover would be together, the girl would bring the lamp and set it so it threw the lover's shadow to the wall!!!!! "
171 " And the kid is stupid enough to think a picture or a sculpture or a story could somehow replace anybody you love. "
172 " We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heros or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it’s our job to invent something better. In "
173 " We don't live in the real world anymore. We live in a world of symbols. "
174 " There's no escaping from constant escape. "
175 " Anything you can acquire is only another thing you'll lose. "
176 " ¿Conoce esa vieja frase que dice "Aquellos que no recuerdan el pasado están condenados a repetirlo"? Bueno, creo que aquellos que recuerdan el pasado están peor todavía. "
177 " If you can change the way people think, she said. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. If you do that, you can change the way people live their lives. And that’s the only lasting thing you can create. "
178 " Trichloroethane. All my extensive testing has shown this to be the best treatment for a dangerous excess of human knowledge... For one flash, mommy had seen the mountain without thinking of logging and ski resorts and avalanches, managed wildlife, plate tectonic geology, microclimates, rain shadow, or yin-yang locations. She'd seen the mountain without the framework of language. Without the cage of associations. She'd seen it without looking through the lens of everything she knew was true about mountains. What shed seen wasn't even a "mountain." It wasn't a natural resource. It had no name. "that's the big goal. To find a cure for knowledge. "
179 " You can't fool people into loving you. "
180 " Because sponges never have a bad day. "