Rob Thurman - Nightlife (2006)

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We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others.

Rob Thurman
Snap judgments? I'd gotten over those about the time I was toilet trained. Swore off diapers and faith in the human experience all in one week.

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What're you still doing up? You know all good little ninjas should be in bed, visions of homicidal sugarplums dancing in their heads.

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At least that's what his note said, along with a scathing reminder that dishes didn't wash themselves and the fungus in the bathroom was one day away from evolving into sentient life. I folded the note into an airplane and sailed it across the room. It ended up perched jauntily on top of the ancient television. It looked good there and I left it as a tribute to freedom-loving fungi everywhere.

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Most kids don't believe in fairy tales very long. Once they hit six or seven they put away "Cinderella" and her shoe fetish, "The Three Little Pigs" with their violation of building codes, "Miss Muffet" and her well-shaped tuffet—all forgotten or discounted.And maybe that's the way it has to be. To survive in the world, you have to give up the fantasies, the make-believe.

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There are a lot of truths in this world. When it rains it pours. It's always darkest before the dawn. He who smelt it dealt it.

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Funny thing about faith... it goes a lot faster than it comes.

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Lies were like acid, corrosive: They could dissolve trust in a heartbeat.

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