“In the parking lot, she drove and parked in a dark area with no other cars around. She reclined her seat, and… — 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 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
He sometimes felt that life was something that had already risen, and all of this, the Jackson Pollack of spring, summer, and… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“People went up and down Sixth Avenue with the word motherfucker in their heads. They felt no emotions, had no sensation of… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Life, people learned, was not easy. Life was not cake. Life was not a carrot cake. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness–like how a person alone for too long… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
It seems like most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“He wanted to hide by shrinking past zero, through the dot at the end of himself, to a negative size, into an… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“- ¿No te parece a veces que vivir en el mundo es como una mierda? - ¿A qué te refieres? - dijo… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“...one had to expect very little—almost nothing—from life, Aaron knew, one had to be grateful, not always trying to seize the days… — Tao Lin 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
Most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“In the parking lot, she drove and parked in a dark area with no other cars around. She reclined her seat, and listened to… — 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 certain things… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Sara would call one of those cops on horses a motherfucker. The cop would avert his eyes. Sara would ask directions for the wild… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I think mostly the commodifying comes after I've done something that has some other value to me. — Tao Lin 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 a true… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“As a teenager, he made screaming noises at night in his room, like a deranged person. He threw his electrical pencil sharpener at the… — 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. Go away… — tao lin Copy Share Image
I was delivering pizzas at Domino's. I was 17 maybe. I liked it a lot. Just driving in the nice weather and listening to music. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image