Who decides who deserves what, anyway?

Joan: Do you know who you are?
Adam: I don’t try to figure it out, really.
Joan: Maybe it’s not important, ya know. It’s about what we do for each other, isn’t it?

I'm having such a hard time, lately, letting what I do for others be enough to satisfy me.

When Allegra first started climbing, she would hang in one spot for too long, contemplating the best way to make her next grab. Her arms and fingers would begin to burn with exhaustion. She noticed that the experienced climbers moved very, very quickly. Staying still was more work than moving; thinking too much was fatal. Allegra supposed there was a lesson there. She learned things quickly, but she didn't much like lessons.

- The Jane Austen Book Club

Well I been pushed to the edge by my head ache blues,

And I got pulled by the pull of the tide.

I got stripped of my soul, standing in my shoes.

Come back, come back, my little peace of mind.

M. Ward, I don't know what I would do without you.

So I'm up at dawn

Putting on my shoes

I just want to make a clean escape

I'm leaving, but I don't know where to

I know I'm leaving, but I don't know where to.

I don't know why I don't listen to Bright Eyes more often.

Distance over time.

Distance over space.

You can't make time go faster or slower. All you can do is wait.

But sometimes you need distance. So you have to create it spatially.

I need distance right now.

I miss interning.

I'm getting that itch again. The impulse to run. Metaphorically. I don't know why or from what. Everything?

I hate asking people for things.

I've had kisses that make Judas seem sincere.

The Hold Steady

The most dangerous man in the world is the charming one, for it is he who can feign sincerity, and create the illusion of truth where no truth exists.

Troy: You see, Lainey, this is all we need. A couple of smokes, a cup o’ coffee, and a little bit of conversation. You and me and five bucks.

- Reality Bites.

I don't smoke.
I don't like coffee.
I don't need the five bucks.
Just that little bit of conversation.

Anna: The only thing keeping you from being happy is the belief that you are alone.

Don: What if that's true?

Anna: Then you can change.

Don: People don't change.

Dinah: She's sort of, well-- hard, isn't she?

Margaret: Certainly not. Tracy sets exceptionally high standards for herself, that's all, and other people aren't always apt to live up to them.