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
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
“Dolphins felt top-heavy, that year, most of the time, and wanted to lie down. When their heads weren’t on top they still… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
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
“The Gorilla Foundation, like a tree or cloud or other thing from nature, seems to mostly present itself only to an ideal,… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
It seems like for the last 10 years, I've just been investing in the future. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Moose had no friends that year. A lot of the time a moose would feel tired and lean against other moose. Only… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I just keep investing in the future, and I haven't reached the point where I'm not doing that. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I feel 'proud' whenever I feel that I've worked on something for a certain amount of time with a certain amount of… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“It would take her thousands of steps to get anywhere, but she would get there easily, and when she arrived, in the… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering. — Tao Lin 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
“...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 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
One seemed simply to be here, less an accumulation of moments than a single arrangement continuously gifted from some inaccessible future. — 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