"When I was really sad, I would be like a little kid wiggling a loose tooth or touching a sore spot - there were things that I did to make myself sadder. It was almost as if I were luxuriant in my own melancholy. Looking at the diaries and thinking about my old self, thinking about my lost youth - that was part of that project of making myself totally miserable."

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Source : Source: www.mtv.com

Claire Dederer

#Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Touching Quotes

“I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything”
“I doing casual labor by the day. They wouldn't pay you until the next morning. There was a bar that would cash your check if you bought a beer first. A lot of guys never left until they'd drunk up all their money.”
“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.”
“Today's imaginary band name: The Significan't.”

Source : FaceBook post by Janina Gavankar from Sep 29, 2013
“Exercise is like meditation for me, and I'm giving myself that time... I can't live without it now.”
“A technical survey that systematize, digest, and appraise the mid century state of psychology.”
“You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice.”
“Wisdom married to immortal verse.”

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