“Details can change or go missing entirely, particularly in moments of physical peril. A kind of amnesia goes hand in hand with… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Have you ever had one of those moments when you know that you're being visited by your own future? They come so… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
If you don't have your experiences in the moment, if you gloss them over with jokes or zoom past them, you end… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
In my brief glimpse of what is to come I realize how little I care to witness it. I have seen the… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Sheila taught me a survival technique for getting through seemingly intolerable situations-boring lunches, stern lectures on attitude or time management, those necessary… — david rakoff Copy Share Image
Everyone has an internal age, a time in life when one is, if not one's best, then at very least one's most… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
What remains of your past if you didn't allow yourself to feel it when it happened? If you don't have your experiences… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
There is supercomputer somewhere in the Nevada desert whose sole function is to count the number of times that I have said… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“What remains of your past if you didn't allow yourself to feel it when it happened? If you don't have your experiences… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
My salvation lies in time spent alone with an X-Acto knife and commercial-grade adhesive. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
At least three times a week, I am overwhelmed with a wave of gratitude to New York City for providing me with… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“It bears repeating a third time: Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humour does.” — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“It must be murder to be an aging beauty, a former Tadzio, to see your future as an ignored spectator rushing up… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“The hiking boots the outdoor adventure magazine sent me to buy - large, ungainly potato like things that I have been trying to break… — david rakoff Copy Share Image
Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“We are disclosing animals, wired for unburdening. It's what we do as a species. When I am being told, I listen, mindful of the… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Details can change or go missing entirely, particularly in moments of physical peril. A kind of amnesia goes hand in hand with sickness, and… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living A life that is good… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“The central drama of my life is about being a fraud, alas. That's a complete lie, really; the central drama of my life is… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“It was nice to find out, then, that if one is characterologically incapable of not being a total fuckface, science has not shown you… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“One day reach idealization; after all, it's the journey, not the destination.” — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
