- i have forgotten the books i have read, and so i have the dinners i have eaten; but they both helped to make me.
- "you cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. this is your tragedy, because you understand them but they do not understand you."
- "you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here."
- "loneliness is the human condition. cultivate it. the way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. never expect to outgrow loneliness. never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. an intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. if you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. the best you’ll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way"
- "art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time."
- "every poem still tastes like you. / i’m doing my best to change that."
- "it’s a strange grief. to die of nostalgia for something you never lived."
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