The distracting feeling of disbelief when you're finally doing something you've procrastinated on for notable amounts of time. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“and i don't think you should lie to me with any nature poems because you know you don't think sand is beautiful… — Tao Lin Nature Copy Share Image
does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept… — Tao Lin Buddhism Copy Share Image
“...each moment of being herself, she knew, was a strengthening, an adapting, of who she was; and she didn’t want to be… — Tao Lin Heart Copy Share Image
On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I think Gmail chats are different than IRL conversations because Gmail chats are saved by Gmail exactly as they occurred. I like… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I'm a shy, nervous person, and I don't like teaching with "terms." I didn't teach them, like, "This is first person, this… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Gradually, after being the target a few times of a similar capriciousness, which he discerned as default behavior for most people, and… — Tao Lin Behavior Copy Share Image
I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about… — Tao Lin Character Copy Share Image
While other rich people might be like, "Once I'm rich I'm going to go on a vacation to wherever," but instead they… — Tao Lin Flying Copy Share Image
As a child, she’d always had what she imagined were fascinating thoughts, but didn’t ever say them. Once, as a little girl,… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I know,' said Erin, and described how she'd lately felt depressed in a new and scary way, which Paul also had felt… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“i will learn how to love a person and then i will teach you and then we will know" seen from a… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Death is the end of the fear of death. [...] To avoid it we must not stop fearing it and so life… — Tao Lin Alive Copy Share Image
“There was a metal rod inside of Colin. The rod went from his stomach to the middle of his head. It was… — Tao Lin Fifteen years Copy Share Image
“The late-afternoon sky, in Paul's peripheral vision, panoramic and mostly unobstructed, appeared rural or suburban, more indicative of forests and fields and… — Tao Lin Dreams Copy Share Image
“- ¿No te parece a veces que vivir en el mundo es como una mierda? - ¿A qué te refieres? - dijo… — Tao Lin Amor Copy Share Image
“The hamster friend said being able to do front rolls didn't make the hamster as good as Bruce Lee, which was not… — Tao Lin Friendship Copy Share Image
“Colin didn’t want to go back to his room. He walked around for a very long time, looking down at the sidewalks… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Garret went across the street to the library. There was a hole in the sidewalk the size of a bathtub. Construction was… — Tao Lin Progress Copy Share Image
Though if love was an animal, Garret knew, it would probably be the Loch Ness Monster. If it didn’t exist, that didn’t… — Tao Lin Alive Copy Share Image
“It sometime occurred to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the… — Tao Lin Comedy Copy Share Image
The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I usually have Kafka biography in my bathroom. It's a book I can open at random and feel interested in immediately. It's… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Don't be stupid and awkward," the dolphin says. "You want to walk together or not?" "You are a stupid piece of shit.… — tao lin Dolphin Copy Share Image
I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I actually don't have...opinions. I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society. I can discern that… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“The bear makes a fist, slowly moves the fist to Andrew's face, touches Andrew's face with the knuckles, with its other hand… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“as a teenager i experienced existential despair as an unsexy sensation of repressed orgasm in the chest; today i experience existential despair… — Tao Lin Existentialism Copy Share Image
I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“The gate has a secret passcode. Sara has a secret passcode. She should. Andrew would stand there for years trying combinations. He… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
If I focused hard on getting a literary agent, and doing things like that, instead of designing my blog's header, I would… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I don't view my memory as accurate or static - and, in autobiographical fiction, my focus is still on creating an effect,… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
sad things are beautiful only from a distance therefore you just want to get away from them from a distance of one… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Lately, they were always reassuring each other that nothing was wrong; and probably it was true—life wasn’t supposed to be incredible, after… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I like Bret Easton Ellis' sense of humor. I feel like mine is sometimes similar to his. And how his characters sometimes… — Tao Lin Character Copy Share Image
I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
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