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In the weeks that followed, we amazed ourselves. Our habits slid apart easily...And our very few intimacies were simply discontinued. Where did they go, those things we did? Were they recycled? Did some new couple in China do them? Were a Swedish man and woman foot to foot at this very moment?
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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.
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Sometimes I lie in bed trying to decide which of my friends I truly care about, and I always come to the same conclusion: none of them. I thought these were just my starter friends and the real ones would come along later. But no. These are my real friends.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Common sense and the truth should feel authorless, writ by time itself. It is actually really hard to write something that will make a terminally ill person feel better. And Positive has rules, you can't just lift your guidance from the Bible or a book about Zen; they want original material. So far none of my submissions have gotten in, but I'm getting closer.
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I knew the beginning and the end – I just had to dream up a convincing middle.
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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.
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Was she terrifyingly beautiful? Was she so ignorant she didn't deserve the truth? Was she also a liar and thus it was something they did together? I don't believe in psychology; which says everything you do is because of yourself. That is so untrue. We are social animals, and everything we do is because of other people, because we love them, or because we don't.
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Would she understand that time had stopped while she was gone.
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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.
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I wondered if i would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself..
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It occurred to me that everyone's story matters to themselves, so the more I listened, the more she wanted to talk.
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I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.
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Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it is really worth the trouble? 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. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise.
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We really wanted to know all the unknowable things about each other and how we were the same and how we were different, if we even were, maybe nobody is.
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Well, I have a theory that men don't actually cry less than women, they just do it differently. Since we never saw our fathers cry, we are forced to invent our own unique method.
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It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound.
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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.
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The word God asks a question and then answers it before there is any chance to wonder.
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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.
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In an ideal world, we would have been orphans. We felt like orphans and we felt deserving of the pity that orphans get, but embarrassingly enough, we had parents.
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We had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.
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He seemed to be waiting for me to move forward. Weren't we all.
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Miranda July
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February 15, 1974
(age 50)
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Miranda Jennifer July is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, author and artist. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital media presentations, and live performance art.
Known for:
The First Bad Man (2015)
No One Belongs Here More Than You (2005)
Learning to Love You More (2007)
The Boy from Lam Kien (2005)
Tin House: Fantastic Women (2007)
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