Rachel Kushner - The Flamethrowers (2013)

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Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for inhabiting the world. For not dissolving into it.

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A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious.

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You have time. Meaning don't use it, but pass through time in patience, waiting for something to come. Prepare for its arrival. Don't rush to meet it. Be a conduit.

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And here I arrive at my point. The point is that everyone has a different dream. The point is that it is a grave mistake to assume your dream is in any way shared, that it's a common dream. Not only is it not shared, not common, there is no reason to assume that other people don't find you and your dream utterly revolting.

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I was doing that thing the infatuated do, stitching destiny onto the person we want stitched to us.

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People who are harder to love pose a challenge, and the challenge makes them easier to love. You're driven to love them. People who want their love easy don't really want love.

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The desire for love is universal but that has never meant it's worthy of respect. It's not admirable to want love, it just is.

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I'd been listening to men talk since I arrived in New York City. That's what men like to do. Talk. Profess like experts. When one finally came along who didn't say much, I listened.

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The VW doesn't make you think of Hitler and genocide. It's a breast on wheels, a puffy little dream.

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