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My dad was exceptionally ambitious. But he had a lot thrown on him, exceeding his ambition. He wanted his band to be successful. But he didn't want to be the fucking voice of a generation.

— Frances Bean Cobain Frances Bean Cobain on Life After Kurt's Death: An Exclusive Q&A (2015)

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Humans are an embarrassing species w/ small glimmers of beauty that seep through the veil of bigotry&stupidity, every once in a small while.

Halloween is so close I can practically taste the children's tears.

Attempting to be a people pleaser is a fruitless task so, fuck it.

Constantly battling with sabretooth tigers and fluid drained lighters.

You see something faraway & it looks beautiful & very seductive; but as you go closer you realize it's actually bugs crawling over a corpse.

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