Miranda July quotes - page 2

It is terrible to have to ask for anything ever. We wish we were something that needed nothing, like paint. But even paint needs repainting. (Miranda July)
Things usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness. View quote
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He pulled away, but his eyes held my eyes like hands. View quote
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There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost. View quote
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It was a small thing, but it was a thing, and things have a way of either dying or growing, and it wasn't dying. View quote
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When you can see the beauty of a tree, then you will know what love is. View quote
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She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling. View quote
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If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have? View quote
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I really did not feel okay about any of this, and there was really nothing I could do about any of it. View quote
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For a split second I felt as though she was nobody special in the larger scheme of my life. She was just some girl who had tied me to her leg to help her sink when she jumped off the bridge. Then I blinked and was in love with her again. View quote
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Live the dream, Potato. (Miranda July)
It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone - it doesn't always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time. View quote
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Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy to hope for something else. View quote
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He breathed out the bitter air that makes women doubt everything, and I breathed it in, as I had always done. I expelled my dust, the powder of everything I had destroyed with doubt, and he pulled it into his lungs. View quote
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i wondered if i would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself.. View quote
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What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real. View quote
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I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again. View quote
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Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed. View quote
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You always feel like you are the only one in the world, like everyone else is crazy for each other, but it's not true. Generally, people don't like each other very much. And that goes for friends, too. View quote
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But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us. View quote
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This pain, this dying, this is just normal. This is how life is. In fact, I realize, there never was an earthquake. Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy for dreaming of something else. (Miranda July)
I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world. View quote
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This person realizes that staying home means blowing off everyone this person has ever known. But the desire to stay in is very strong. This person wants to run a bath and then read in bed. View quote
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Then I realized that we all think we might be terrible people. But we only reveal this before we ask someone to love us. It is a kind of undressing. View quote
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I looked out the window for other passengers in love with their drivers, but we were well disguised, we pretended boredom and prayed for traffic. View quote
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