89 quotes
Fame without the money to insulate you from it is one of the most wretched human conditions possible. (p. 80)
Generation A (2009)
People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity. (from inside the cover)
JPod (2006)
Brazilification: The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes.
I tell you what: I give you all of my strength - I seal it inside a little green envelope and mail it to you with hope and peace and much much love. Take all you need and take it quickly.
Shampoo Planet (1992)
Being alive is just a brief technicality. (p. 167)
Generation A (2009)
McJob: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice by people who have never held one.
If you're not spending every waking moment of your life radically rethinking the nature of the world - if you're not plotting every moment boiling the carcass of the old order - then you're wasting your day.
Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)
Doug's Law: "You can have information or you can have a life, but you can't have both."
Player One (2010)
Finally, my life was a story. My days would no longer feel like a video game that resets to zero every time I wake up, and then begs for coins. (p. 143)
Generation A (2009)
"You're never too old to dance, Dad...and you're never too old to dream."
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard you say. Were you saying that with irony or for real?"
JPod (2006)
I mean five thousand years ago people emerge out of nowhere -- sproing!—with brains and everything and begin wrecking the planet. You'd think we'd give the issue a little more thought than we do.
Life After God (1994)
Historical Overdosing: to live in a period of time when too much seems to happen. Major symptoms include addiction to newspapers, magazines, and TV news broadcasts.
I have this feeling watching Jasmine - that as you grow older, it becomes harder to feel 100 percent happy; you learn all the things that can go wrong; you become superstitious about tempting fate, about bringing disaster upon your life by accidentally feeling too good one day.
Shampoo Planet (1992)
Consensus Terrorism: The process that decides in-office attitudes and behavior.
At what point in our lives do we stop blurring? When do we become crisp individuals? What must we do in order to end these fuzzy identities - to clarify just who it is we really are?
Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)
...when you're in love, all of your doors are open, and all of their doors are open. And you roller-skate down your halls together.
Microserfs (1995)
"I have an idea. … If Ethan and Mark are so similar, we might as well arbitrarily assign them distinct personality traits. I know—Mark, from here on, you're to be called 'Evil Mark.'"
JPod (2006)
Fake yuppie experiences that you had to spend money on, like white water rafting or elephant rides in Thailand don't count. I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you're really alive.
Generation X (1991)
If you want to get close to somebody, you have to tell him or her something intimate about yourself. They'll tell you something intimate in return, and if you keep this going, maybe you'll end up in love.
Hey Nostradamus! (2003)
Nobody believes the identities we've made for ourselves. I feel like everybody in the world is fake now - as though people had true cores once, but hucked them away and replaced them with something more attractive but also hollow.
Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)