#life

"A Frog in my Throat I had me frog in my throat.I swallowed hard and it croaked.Tasted like shit.Next time I get me a frog in my throat,my snooty French boyfriend better wash his dick with soap."

"Poets and their Thin Skins Every poet is thin-skinned when it comes to criticism ~without ithow could he ever possess the astute sensitivity about lifeto even write poetry?"

"Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life."

"You can't always be right, but you can be wrong a lot less"

"Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now."

"Adult Pretend [10w] "I'm tired of playing 'pretend';let's play 'get-real, bitch."

"Writer's Prayers That Don't Work "Lord, lead me from the banality of everyday life,to the gleaming one beneath the surface."

"Personal branding is important to me as a person. It’s also important to me as a non-person. I am a rock."

"The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same."

"Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent."

"Is Prayer Only for the Living? III [10w] Do angels pray to God to intercede on mankind's behalf?"

"A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist."

"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."

"If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it."

"Who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?"

"Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out."

"I think shows that are completely dramatic are a lie. People use humor to cope. That is how we deal with things. In the darkest situations, there's humor. And if you don't show that, you're not being true to real life."

"Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can"

"Death ends a life, not a relationship."

"In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood, but it's no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else's."