“I wish the whole day were like breakfast, when people are still connected to their dreams, focused inward, and not yet ready to engage with the world around them. I realized this is how I am all day; for me, unlike other people, there doesn't come a moment after a cup of coffee or a shower or whatever when I suddenly feel alive and awake and connected to the world. If it were always breakfast, I would be fine.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsStillsWholeMomentsDreamWould BeWishAliveReadyFineConnectedFocusedCoffeeI RealizedCupsAwakeBreakfastInwardShowersCoffee Cup Book:Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel Source: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel
“I always looked forward to being an adult, because I thought the adult world was, well—adult. That adults weren’t cliquey or nasty, that the whole notion of being cool, or in, or popular would case to be the arbiter of all things social, but I was beginning to realize that the adult world was as nonsensically brutal and socially perilous as the kingdom of childhood.” WorldWellsWholeSocialRealizingCasesChildhoodAdultsAll ThingsNotionKingdomsBrutalNastyBeing CoolArbiter Author:Peter Cameron
“It was strange to see someone you have only known alone begin interacting with other people, for that somebody known to you disappears and is replaced by a different, more complex, person. You watch him revolve in this new company, revealing new facets, and there is nothing you can do but hope you like these other sides as much as you like the side that seemed whole when it faced only you.” PeoplePersonsDifferentWholeSidesCan DoCompanyKnownWatchesStrangeComplexesDisappearReplacedRevealingFacetsInteractingInteracting With OthersNew Company Book:The Weekend: A Novel Source: The Weekend: A Novel
