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I don't have a great respect for reality or getting the 'facts' as a means of putting together a story.
Steve Toltz
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Steve Toltz
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: January 1
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Sometimes I think the human animal doesn't really need food or water to survive, only gossip.
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Generally as a rule I am not. Unless I am super in love with a particular author, because I just want to read masterpieces. I just want to read one amazing book after another. As a completist you are generally reading the bad ones.
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Don't be afraid to have nothing.
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What a nasty act of cruelty, giving a dying man his last wish. Don't you realize he doesn't want it? His real wish is not to die.
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Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.
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Sometimes not talking is effortless, and other times it’s more exhausting than lifting pianos.
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I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential.
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When you put so much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory. Then you have to forget the forgetting, and that too is memorable.
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The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy, nor beds nor jobs nor laughs nor friends nor smiles nor money nor clean air to breathe...and yet the music goes on.
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