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“ The same thing that makes friendship so valuable is what makes it so tenuous: it is purely voluntary. You enter into it freely, without the imperatives of biology or the agenda of desire. Officially, you owe each other nothing. ”

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This is one reason people need to believe in God—because we want someone to know us, truly, all the way through, even the worst of us.

~ Tim Kreider

Often you don’t know whether you’re the hero of a romantic comedy or the villain on a Lifetime special until the restraining order arrives.

~ Tim Kreider

I wish I could recommend the experience of not being killed to everyone.

~ Tim Kreider

Biblical, Talmudic, or Koranic literalists remind me of children wrinkling their noses at Belon oysters and asking for more Chef Boy-E-Dee. They want the world to be as simple as they are.

~ Tim Kreider