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Paul Neilan is a novelist known for his unique literary style and popular works among readers. His life and achievements are yet to be detailed.

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Famous Paul Neilan Quotes

“You're only who you think you are until you aren't anymore. And it isn't up to you. It's up to time. Life is timing. The test of time. We all have to take it, and none of us pass. No matter how hard you study. Perfect attendance. All that homework. Extracurricular activities. You're still getting an F, just like everyone else. Finite. Failed. Fucked.”

Age Time

Book:The Hollywood Spiral

Source: The Hollywood Spiral

“Sitting on my stool I thought of a bumper sticker: "If Mean People Suck, Why Isn't My Dick In Your Mouth?”

Humor Bumper Sticker

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories

“It was nice of her to want to believe the best about me. People tend to do that with the strangers they're fucking. If she wanted to think that apathy and independence were the same thing, good for her. Maybe she was right.”

Love Humor Sex Apathy

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories

“I’d never actually talked to a deaf person before but I’d been swimming and gotten water stuck in my ears lots of times, felt that underwater silence as I shook my head and watched people’s mouths moving without hearing the words, so I knew what it was like for her. I could empathize.”

Apathy

Author:Paul Neilan

“Lying to other people is fine and usually funny, but lying to yourself is tacky.”

People Lying Fine Tacky Lying To Yourself

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“Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.”

People Hard Remember Lying Sound Believable

Author:Paul Neilan

“I hate bananas. I just hate them. But I also think a banana suit is the funniest fruit costume a person can wear.”

Thinking Persons Hate I Hate Fruit Suits Costumes Bananas

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“The world is your oyster... ...too bad you're allergic to shellfish.”

World Oysters Allergic Shellfish

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“And when they start talking, and they always do, you find that each of them has a story they want to tell. Everyone, no matter how old or young, has some lesson they want to teach. And I sit there and listen and learn all about life from people who have no idea how to live it.”

People Want Ideas Matter Stories Young Talking Teach Lessons No Idea

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

“at first I thought you were just using me" she said "I definitely am." I just wasn't sure for what. "Asshole!" she said, and punched me in the side. And she laughed as my kidney began to hemorrhage. That's the beauty of honesty. Everyones so unused to hearing it they just assume you're kidding, and you get to feel very good and forthcoming without suffering any consequences except for traces of blood in your urine for the next day or two.”

Feels Firsts Said Two Suffering Next Sides Blood Honesty Consequence Assuming Very Good Hearing Laughed Next Day Using Me Kidneys Forthcoming

Author:Paul Neilan

“In the long term everyone traffics in foregone conclusions, and in the short term they just get drunk. This is the way it has always been. Some half-assed ambiguity masquerading as mystery is all anybody's really looking for.”

Way Long Term Half Mystery Conclusion Drunk Long Term Traffic Short Term Ambiguity

Author:Paul Neilan

“If stealing a few saltshakers was wrong I didn't want to be right.”

Ifs Want Stealing

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

“It’s like someone who prays every night saying God’s a good listener. Just because you’re talking to us doesn’t mean we’re listening. With me and God, you never really know.”

Knows Mean Night Talking Listening Praying Every Night Listeners Good Listener

Author:Paul Neilan

“If Tolstoy were alive today and working at Panopticon Insurance, he'd say that all insurance companies are the same, then throw himself through an eighteenth story window and plunge to his death in a hail of glass and shattered dignity" (70).”

Ifs Stories Today Company Alive Dignity Window Glasses Shattered Plunge Hail Insurance Companies

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

“Cowardice, when done correctly, can be its own kind of bravery.”

Kind Done Bravery Cowardice

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

“There comes a time in every man's life when he wakes up drunk on the toilet and begins to doubt the choices he has made. and when that time comes at least twice a day, every day. something needs to be done.”

Men Needs Made Done Choices Doubt Wake Up Every Man Drunk Toilets There Comes A Time

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“Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.”

Done Form Prejudice Closest Discretion Mockery True Equality

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

“But really it’s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they’re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese. Banged up people don’t want your pity. They just want to be treated like everyone else. Mockery, when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It’s the closest we’ll ever come to true equality.”

People Want Done Form Fun Stupid Prejudice Treated Pity Closest Discretion Mockery Crippled Obese Condescending Patronizing True Equality

Book:Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

Source: Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

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