we were just pretending
"I guess I like that idea that you could pretend yourself into new feelings and new relationships. Obviously I'm a big pretender. but the kind of leap where it's almost like some kind of science fiction thing happens. Like we were just pretending, and then what's this? We actually have new powers now, and we see each other differently, and in fact all of life has suddenly tilted. I'm going for that everyday, personally."
~ Miranda July
~ Miranda July
Posts tagged "happiness"
Listen! I will be honest with you;
I do not offer the old smooth prizes, but offer rough new prizes;
These are the days that must happen to you.
I do not offer the old smooth prizes, but offer rough new prizes;
These are the days that must happen to you.
Walt Whitman, “Song of the Open Road”
Please don’t tell anyone this, but I want to be happy. I didn’t think that I did. I made a promise such a long time ago that I was going to take in experiences: all of them. So I could tell other people about them and maybe save them, but it gets so tiring trying to take in all the experiences for everybody: letting anyone say anything to me. Then I came here. And you’ve got the fruit in the bowl, and the fridge with the stuff, and the robe and you’re touching me. I realize I’m not different; you know? I want what everyone wants. I want what they all want. I want all the things.
Girls, “One Man’s Trash”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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