“My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle — may they never give me peace.”— Patricia Highsmith, nytimes.com
“Tonight’s December thirty-first, Something is about to burst. The clock is crouching, dark and small, Like a time bomb in the hall. Hark, it's midnight, children dear. Duck! Here comes another year!”— Ogden Nash, amazon.com
“This year has taught me that life can be kind. That it isn’t something I have to outsmart, that it isn’t something I have to control at all times. This year has taught me that life can be soft, even when it is not, even when it’s edges are rough and it’s messy all over — it can still hold a lesson,…”— Bianca Sparacino, biancasparacino.tumblr.com
“i want 2016 to end but at the same time i remember that time isn’t really real and once the clock hit 0:00 on 1/1/17 nothing is going change”— tuppelura, tuppelura.tumblr.com
“It's New Year's Eve, I'm in Glendora I'm the only living person in Glendora Headin' east on the freeway I left my prom dress on the bus stop in Duarte I switch the rules, you take advantage You know I always like to play the victim And would you fuck me? 'Cause I'd fuck me Am I your wetnap? Freestyl…”— Rilo Kiley, youtu.be