Mama. Amateur flutist. Professional dork. One-time video store manager. Attended four colleges, graduated from none of them.
Here are some quotations that may come in handy, maybe, someday:
For when shit starts getting real:
Maturity is a bitter disappointment, for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. — Kurt Vonnegut
For when you need to be reminded to appreciate the little things:
The voice of God is a hummingbird, or human voice, an orange blossom, or pearl-rose of India, or the beautiful blue Danube, the white flowers my friend planted without thinking in my heart. — Charles Mee, The Bacchae
For when you start thinking, “why do I even bother to show up”:
There isn’t anyone out there who isn’t Seymour’s Fat Lady. Don’t you know that yet? Don’t you know who that Fat Lady really is? … Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It’s Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy. — J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
For when you need to be reminded that you are not here to follow someone else’s lead:
Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me, fuck you I won’t do what you tell me, fuck you I won’t do what you tell me… — Rage Against the Machine, Killing in the Name
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