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Jason Pargin Quotes

born 1975 United States

Jason Pargin (born January 10, 1975) is an American humor writer and novelist who formerly wrote under the name David Wong.

United States
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Random Jason Pargin quote

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Your heroes aren't gods, they're just regular people who probably got good at one thing by neglecting literally everything else.

...in isolation, human minds tend to get strange, like a self-portrait painted from memory, in the dark, using a live snake as a brush.

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom (2024)

Remember that there are elements of your personality you are totally unaware of that are immediately apparent to any stranger within five minutes of meeting you

There's an old saying that a child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. I'd update it to say the child not sufficiently entertained by the village will burn it down for the spectacle.

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom (2024)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jason Pargin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.