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21 " Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel not so terrible about my various emotional issues. "
― Colson Whitehead , The Colossus of New York
22 " Three cheers for your rich interior life, may it serve you well come rent day. "
23 " Things are pretty much status quo with the sexual-tension friend. "
24 " He spills his guts, it was the last sip that sent him over the edge but she has her hands full with her own loneliness, she's not about to take on his. Reach inside to muzzle the broken part of you that is now talking. "
25 " Why not remove his desk, bring in a treadmill, hang a carrot from the ceiling and stop all pretense already. "
26 " Sleep the sleep of the successful because somehow you made it through the day without anyone finding out that you are a complete fraud. "
27 " To preempt rejection she dresses to exaggerate her difference when the true enemy is not the world's disdain but its indifference. He is surely the next item in a dreary procession and cannot be seen for all those previous disappointments. "
28 " When you talk about this trip, and you will, because it was quite a journey and you witnessed many things, there were ups and downs, sudden reversals of fortune and last-minute escapes, it was really something, you will see your friends nod in recognition. "
29 " Optimism skipped out on the rent a while back, but the cynic in the penthouse won't leave until led out by marshals. "
30 " ...life is an argument with the world over time. "
31 " Sometimes a workweek will grind you into sand, pulverize you into particles. "
32 " Keep on the path and you will not see the ruined people, so do not stray from the path. "
33 " Like the moon, you're only good and visible a few days a month. Exerting influence, pulling up whitecaps. The rest of time falling away, cut up into parts and nobody knows where you are. "
34 " Do not doubt you inspire with every breath, that every breath is a marvel of engineering. "