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Jerry Stahl Quotes

All of us, at some point in life, choose our clichÃƒÂ© Picture Quote #1

There’s no deodorant for desperation Picture Quote #1

Junkies are liars. They have to be professionally Picture Quote #1

You can’t really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person’s addictive behavior is its own special thing Picture Quote #1

I didn’t really start publishing books until I was 40 because I was busy being a McDonald’s employee. So there’s always a sense of trying to make up for lost time Picture Quote #1

I don’t really know how to do much else besides write Picture Quote #1

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At 17, all I wanted was to be a famous junky. Like all my heroes Picture Quote #1

All of us, at some point in life, choose our cliché Picture Quote #1

Nothing ever turns me on so much in a woman as unhappiness Picture Quote #1

I’ve always wanted to be a guy with a rec room Picture Quote #1

In my family, misery didn’t just love company, it wanted hostages Picture Quote #1

Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn’t know you needed transforming Picture Quote #1

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You need an entire drama to construct your life around to avoid living it Picture Quote #1

I always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I’d just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral Picture Quote #1

The second time I took acid, I watched myself in the mirror for nine hours. What I realized, when I stared, was that my face looked exactly the same when I cried as when I laughed. After awhile I couldn’t tell which I was doing. Relief was just pain inside out Picture Quote #1

For me there was never a lot of glamor involved in being a junkie, it was about trying to hide the puke and bloodstains on my shirt Picture Quote #1

You can’t really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person’s addictive behavior is its own special thing Picture Quote #1

If you’re an asshole, you have an excuse for being an asshole because you’re a junkie. But then once you give up the drugs, and you’re still an asshole, that’s problematic Picture Quote #1

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Life can be lived as a temporary arrangement. Life is a temporary arrangement! But the longer you go without changing, the more obscure the likelihood you ever will. After enough time passes, the idea of another way of life grows even more misty Picture Quote #1

I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high Picture Quote #1

You may think you don’t want to throw your life away for mere fleeting euphoria. But, once you get a taste, it doesn’t feel so mere. From then on the planet becomes a waiting room. The rest of your life devolves to no more than the time between highs Picture Quote #1

How do you write when you’re not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing Picture Quote #1

If you’re here for four more years or four more weeks, you’re here right now. I think when you’re somewhere, you ought to be there. It’s not about how long you stay in a place, it’s about what you do while you’re there, and when you go, is that place any better for your having been there? Picture Quote #1

That's the thing about people you loved. They disappeared on you. I didn't know much at the ripe old age of fifteen and a half. But, for better or worse, I knew that Picture Quote #1

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Let me tell you something. Boring women get a bad rap. There's a lot to be said for boring women Picture Quote #1

Society has always said: Make money. Artists have said: But there's something else. Cliché City. But in Hollwood there's the Big Lie that you can have both. A lie you want to believe Picture Quote #1

Just because I'd kicked junk, after all, did not mean I'd kicked being a junkie. And junkies lie. It's their primary addition Picture Quote #1

It's not like I ever wanted to wake up and just be a grossly overpaid, self-loathing, can't look in the mirror without gagging TV writer Picture Quote #1

Everything about my mother was a source of prepubescent agony. On the low end of the Mortification Scale there was her name: Floncey Picture Quote #1

Not until I stopped doing drugs altogether did I feel like a man. Not until I walked out of that fire did I have any idea what the word even meant Picture Quote #1

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All of us, at some point in life, choose our clichÃƒÂ© (Jerry Stahl Quotes) There’s no deodorant for desperation (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Junkies are liars. They have to be professionally (Jerry Stahl Quotes) You can’t really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person’s addictive behavior is its own special thing. (Jerry Stahl Quotes) I didn’t really start publishing books until I was 40 because I was busy being a McDonald’s employee. So there’s always a sense of trying to make up for lost time (Jerry Stahl Quotes) I don’t really know how to do much else besides write (Jerry Stahl Quotes) At 17, all I wanted was to be a famous junky. Like all my heroes (Jerry Stahl Quotes) All of us, at some point in life, choose our cliché (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Nothing ever turns me on so much in a woman as unhappiness (Jerry Stahl Quotes) I’ve always wanted to be a guy with a rec room (Jerry Stahl Quotes) In my family, misery didn’t just love company, it wanted hostages (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn’t know you needed transforming (Jerry Stahl Quotes) You need an entire drama to construct your life around to avoid living it (Jerry Stahl Quotes) I always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I’d just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral (Jerry Stahl Quotes) The second time I took acid, I watched myself in the mirror for nine hours. What I realized, when I stared, was that my face looked exactly the same when I cried as when I laughed. After awhile I couldn’t tell which I was doing. Relief was just pain inside out (Jerry Stahl Quotes) For me there was never a lot of glamor involved in being a junkie, it was about trying to hide the puke and bloodstains on my shirt (Jerry Stahl Quotes) You can’t really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person’s addictive behavior is its own special thing (Jerry Stahl Quotes) If you’re an asshole, you have an excuse for being an asshole because you’re a junkie. But then once you give up the drugs, and you’re still an asshole, that’s problematic (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Life can be lived as a temporary arrangement. Life is a temporary arrangement! But the longer you go without changing, the more obscure the likelihood you ever will. After enough time passes, the idea of another way of life grows even more misty (Jerry Stahl Quotes) I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high (Jerry Stahl Quotes) You may think you don’t want to throw your life away for mere fleeting euphoria. But, once you get a taste, it doesn’t feel so mere. From then on the planet becomes a waiting room. The rest of your life devolves to no more than the time between highs (Jerry Stahl Quotes) How do you write when you’re not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing (Jerry Stahl Quotes) If you’re here for four more years or four more weeks, you’re here right now. I think when you’re somewhere, you ought to be there. It’s not about how long you stay in a place, it’s about what you do while you’re there, and when you go, is that place any better for your having been there? (Jerry Stahl Quotes) That's the thing about people you loved. They disappeared on you. I didn't know much at the ripe old age of fifteen and a half. But, for better or worse, I knew that (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Let me tell you something. Boring women get a bad rap. There's a lot to be said for boring women (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Society has always said: Make money. Artists have said: But there's something else. Cliché City. But in Hollwood there's the Big Lie that you can have both. A lie you want to believe (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Just because I'd kicked junk, after all, did not mean I'd kicked being a junkie. And junkies lie. It's their primary addition (Jerry Stahl Quotes) It's not like I ever wanted to wake up and just be a grossly overpaid, self-loathing, can't look in the mirror without gagging TV writer (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Everything about my mother was a source of prepubescent agony. On the low end of the Mortification Scale there was her name: Floncey (Jerry Stahl Quotes) Not until I stopped doing drugs altogether did I feel like a man. Not until I walked out of that fire did I have any idea what the word even meant (Jerry Stahl Quotes)

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