But there was nothing I could do with the emotion really. It just went away after a while. — Tao Lin Emotion Copy Share Image
We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don’t know what to do. — Tao Lin Night 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 don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“I felt confused, to some degree, by everything—but in a delayed manner, in that I seemed to be repeatedly realizing that I… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort… — Tao Lin Alive 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… — 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
“Nice" said Paul staring transfixed at Fran's delicate and extreme gaze, like that of a skeleton with eyeballs, or a person with… — Tao Lin Eyes Copy Share Image
Matt would stare at Andrew for 10 minutes. It's depressing that people are different. Everyone should be one person, who should then… — 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
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 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
“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
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
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
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
“I won,” said Chelsea’s dad, and went to give Chelsea a high-five, but missed, as they were standing too close. “My fault,”… — Tao Lin Dads Copy Share Image
Rejection is good. Putting others ahead of self, giving things away. Success, money, power, fame, happiness, friends; any kind of pleasure -… — Tao Lin Fame Copy Share Image
“that was bad; i shouldn't have done that to prevent you from entering a catatonic state i am going to maintain a… — Tao Lin Cry tears 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 Buddhism Copy Share Image
“But then his parents changed. A year of California had changed them. They stopped sending money. Greg was forced to go out… — Tao Lin Books 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
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
“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
“my favourite emotions include 'brief calmness in good weather' and 'i am the only person alive” — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as a person. I view anything as part of being… — Tao Lin Books Copy Share Image
“a kind of emptiness existed in the center of my bagel; really it was just the hole that's in the middle of… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Sometimes an alien would stand with a moose, not because of solidarity, but because of accidentally doing it. — Tao Lin Aliens 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… — Tao Lin Wild west Copy Share Image
It seems like I'm not [happy]. Because if you look at my tweets and what I think and say, it seems like… — 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 Future 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 Accumulation 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… — Tao Lin Computer Copy Share Image
I don't know how to incorporate regret. But I'll say, like, "It affected me that way," "I learned this," "Next time maybe… — 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
I cried when my ex-girlfriend sent me a text message saying how much she liked my present to her. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
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