Miranda July quotes

It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound. (Miranda July)
I'm totally not kidding. ... Life is too short. This is all too hard to do to actually be kidding about the whole thing. View quote
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I think there's something spiritual in a very day-to-day, mundane existence. It's impossible to articulate, and it's happening now, almost like a perverse secret.... That's always sort of fascinating to me. View quote
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That is my problem with life, I just rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. When I drink relaxing tea I suck it down like I'm in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest. View quote
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Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I think I just need that balance to feel sane myself - you know? View quote
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People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you. View quote
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Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move. View quote
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He seemed to be waiting for me to move forward. Weren't we all. View quote
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Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. View quote
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Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees. View quote
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... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond. (Miranda July)
We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors. View quote
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We were always getting away with something, which implied that someone was always watching us, which mean were are not alone in this world. View quote
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And why had Deb's last boyfriend dumped her? I dumped him. Maybe you didn't French-kiss him enough. I promise you that wasn't it. Tell me how many times a day you kissed, and I'll say if it was enough. Four hundred. Not enough. View quote
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He's stuck at 3:14 a. m. with only the moon to talk to. View quote
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I pressed my lips against his ear and whispered, again, It's not your fault. Perhaps this was really the only thing I had ever wanted to say to anyone, and be told. I imagined couples at the altar, standing before the priest, declaring It's not your fault to each other, before kissing in the union. View quote
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What I like best is the kind of complicated messed up truth, you know ... the one that's so imperfect that you know it's true. View quote
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No one's keeping track - no one's making of an archive of these "unimportant" things, you know... but now we have an archive ... and in a way, the second there's many, it becomes proof of something, something that's so unspecific - that it's - that it's lively - to me that's really alive - that kind of half nauseous, half beautiful feeling. View quote
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We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that are unsatisfied, itchy, trying too hard. If it was all just animals and rocks and lettuce, the gods wouldn't feel like they had enough to do. View quote
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My earliest memory is aged three, seeing sunlight on water and feeling it was really magical. View quote
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When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It's one element of hypnosis. (Miranda July)
I didn't have any vices before the Internet. There are a lot of cracks in the day, moments where you don't know what to do next, so you have a little hole where you look at your phone. You want something that will mean you're not alone in that moment. View quote
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Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I've never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn't. View quote
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That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it. View quote
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If there were a map of the solar system, but instead of stars it showed people and their degrees of separation, my star would be the one you had to travel the most light-years from to get to his. You would die getting to him. View quote
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