“ Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart. ”
In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that plastic bag and take one last look at me. Someone had to remember me, if only for a few more minutes in the vast silent waiting room of time.
~ Gary Shteyngart
Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being.
There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up.
Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many years after the fall of Rome did it take for a Dante to appear? Many, many years.
