choking
"'The only frontier we have left is the world of intangibles.
Everything else is sewn up too tight'... The unreal is more powerful
than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.
Because it's only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that
last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But
things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and
on. If you can change the way people think, she said. The way they
see themselves. The way they see the world. If you do that, you can
change the way people live their lives. And that's the only lasting
thing you can create. Besides, at some point...your memories, your
stories and adventures, will be the only thins you'll have left...'My
goal is to be an engine of excitement in people's lives'...'My purpose
is to give people glorious stories to tell.'"
from Choke by Chuck Palahniuk p. 159-160
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erat (71 months ago | reply)
He's still reading Choke?
fjennludwig (71 months ago | reply)
erat: nope...i'm reading it now...well, actually i finished it early this morning...i got thru the whole thing in about a week since i didn't really enjoy it at all and i couldn't wait to start something new! ;)
Lisa Randolph added this photo to her favorites. (33 months ago)