“Repeating the same tasks each day without ever having to think about them, isn't that what everybody does? Keep things on repeat to go along with their NCISes and Lexapro. Isn't that where it's comfortable? In the sameness?”Tagged: NCIS, Lexapro, Monotony
“How do I take off a mask when it stops being a mask? When it's as much a part of me as I am.”Tagged: Masks, Deception, Public Face
“I do see the beauty in the rules, the invisible code of chaos hiding behind the menacing face of order.”Tagged: Mr. Robot
“Is that what God does? He helps? Tell me, why didn't God help my innocent friend who died for no reason while the guilty roam free? Okay, fine. Forget the one-offs. How about the countless wars declared in his name? Okay, fine. Let's skip the random, meaningless murder for a second, shall we? How…”Tagged: God, atheism, Religion, War, Scapegoats
“Every relationship is a power struggle. Some of us need to be controlled.”Tagged: Relationships, Power Struggles
“Control can sometimes be an illusion. But sometimes you need illusions to gain control. Fantasy is an easy way to give meaning to world. To cloak our harsh reality with escapist comfort. After all, isn't that why we surround ourselves with so many screens? So we can avoid seeing? So we can avoid…”Tagged: Control, Fantasy, Illusion, Escapism
“It's one thing to question your mind; it's another to question your eyes and ears. But, then again, isn't it all the same? Our senses just mediocre inputs to our brain? Sure, we rely on them, trust they accurately portray the real world around us, but what if the haunting truth is they can't? That…”Tagged: Perception, Reality
“And this all started because I tried to hide from society. Remember? ‘Fuck society.’ Yeah, well, I fucked society all right. I reset it to zero, and if I don't do anything about it, it will continue to grow in this malignant way. And that's what I'm afraid of the most. This dark future that I set…”Tagged: FBI, NSA, CIA, Adam Smith, Capitalism
“Deletion. When you make that decision, there's always that moment of hesitation. That annoying 'Are you sure?' dialogue box, and then you have to make a decision. Yes or no.”Tagged: Indecisiveness
“Every morning starts like this, graphic sex talk. Thankfully, I’m able to tune most of it out. When people talk like this, they’re either insecure or they’re full of shame.”Tagged: Insecurity, Sex Talk, Shame
“Remember when we used to do our wishing game? We’d close our eyes, and we’d wish for something. Whatever we wanted. We both wished we could get bigger bedrooms. That was a big one. You would always wish for more protractors, which was weird. I would wish for a faster computer. Probably faster modem,…”Tagged: wishing, Dreaming, Sour Patch Kids
“I should never have done this. I should have left this alone. I'll never learn. I brought this upon myself. I'll never learn. This is on me. This is on me.”Tagged: Regret, Remorse