“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
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I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was better to go at it knowing nothing at all, always choosing the unmarked bottle, always choosing your own unproven method, armed with nothing but faith and a belief in astonishment.
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