Chuck Klosterman: Trending quotes (page 2)

“Without a soundtrack, human interaction is meaningless.”

“We all believe that we are a certain kind of person, but we never know until we do something that proves otherwise, or until we die.”

“Every time I learn the truth about something, I’m disappointed”

“Because when push comes to shove, we really don't want to have sex with our friends… unless they're sexy. And sometimes we do want to have sex with our blackhearted, soul-sucking enemies… assuming they're sexy.”

“… because people who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they'd never admit in normal conversation. It's a way for people to be honest without telling the truth.”

“The strength of your memory dictates the size of your reality”

“Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.”

“Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.”

“The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.”

“The Sims is an escapist vehicle for people who want to escape to where they already are, which is why I thought this game was made precisely for me.”

“We are always dying, all the time. That's what living is; living is dying, little by little. It is a sequenced collection of individualized deaths.”

“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been different.”

“Internet porn makes everything more reasonable -- once you've realized there is a massive subculture of upwardly mobile people who think it's erotic to see an Asian woman giving a hand job to a javelina, nothing else in the world seems crazy.”

“Who Am I? Or (Perhaps More Accurately) Who Else Could Be Me?”

“The falling flakes were random and without purpose; the snow was drunker than she was.”

“I am ready to be alone.”

“Sometimes I think children are the worst people alive. And even if they're not—even if some smiling toddler is as pure as Evian—it's only a matter of time.”

“Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me”

“The goal of being alive is to figure out what it means to be alive.”