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“With each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who'd love me.”

Work

This collection delves into the complex world of addiction and the struggle for redemption, narrated from the perspective of a young man known as Jesus' Son. The stories offer a raw and intimate look at the challenges faced by individuals grappling with substance abuse and the impact it has on their lives and relationships. more

Author

Denis Johnson

Denis Johnson is an American writer born on July 1, 1949. His works are known for their profound psychological insights and unique narrative style, having won numerous literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. more

“The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there.”

People Knows Way Stills Felt Gone Honest Edges Handle Hunters Gonzo Over The Edge Hells Angels Now And Later

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“People you knew when you were teenagers, the ones who saw your stupidest haircut and the most embarrassing things you've done in your life, and they still cared about you after all that: they're not replaceable, you know?”

People Knows Stills Done Saws Teenager Embarrassing Haircuts Stupidest

Book:Broken Harbour: Dublin Murder Squad: 4. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction Book of the Year

Source: Broken Harbour: Dublin Murder Squad: 4. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction Book of the Year

“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.”

People Inspiring Pay Attention Industry Treated Feds Vegetarian Vegan Food Industry

Author:Wendell Berry

“Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.”

Knows World Written Self Esteem Self Discovery New World Know Yourself Thyself Know Thyself Antiques Portal Soul Man

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

“Be less than what you are so that you can become more.”

Author:Joseph Delaney

“There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished belief only with regret. To this I reply: who wishes that there was a permanent, unalterable celestial despotism that subjected us to continual surveillance and could convict us of thought-crime, and who regarded us as its private property even after we died? How happy we ought to be, at the reflection that there exists not a shred of respectable evidence to support such a horrible hypothesis.”