“ I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900. ”
It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.
~ Nick Hornby
Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you would be a good sign, but in the real world, it isn't.
Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.
You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy, happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival, it's all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in...
