#klosterman

[sammeldeineknochen]

Jeder will die Person werden, als die er sich sowieso schon ausgibt.

Chuck Klosterman: “Nachteulen”, S.141

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Sie war wie ein Cadillac mit einem Backstein auf dem Gaspedal, der auf eine Bergwand zusteuert.

Chuck Klosterman: “Nachteulen”, S.261

[sammeldeineknochen]

If you can't find a reason to hate Disneyland, you're just not trying.

Chuck Klosterman: “IV - A decade of curious people and dangerous ideas”, S. 122

[absurdlakefront]

Now the 1990s seem like a period when the world was starting to go crazy, but not so crazy that it was unmanageable or irreparable. It was the end of the twentieth century, but also the end to an age when we controlled technology more than technology controlled us. People played by the old rules, despite a growing recognition that those rules were flawed. It was a good time that happened long ago, although not nearly as long ago as it seems.

Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties: A Book, 2022

[nameofjones]

"No stories were viral. No celebrity was trending. The world was still big. The country was still vast. You could just be a little person, with your own little life and your own little thoughts. You didn’t have to have an opinion, and nobody cared if you did or did not. You could be alone on purpose, even in a crowd.”

― Chuck Klosterman,  "The Nineties"

[sammeldeineknochen]

Ihrer Meinung nach war Bestimmung eine mentale Konstruktion für Leute, die nicht die Verantwortung für ihr eigenes Handeln übernehmen wollten. Sie fand, Bestimmung mache das Leben zu einfach.

Chuck Klosterman: “Nachteulen”, S.91

[sammeldeineknochen]

Diese Stadt war wie eine burmesische Tigerfalle für apolitische Fremde, die uninteressante Jobs brauchten.

Chuck Klosterman: “Nachteulen”, S.21

[sammeldeineknochen]

Immer verpasse ich die schönsten Katastrophen.

Chuck Klosterman: “Eine zu 85% wahre Geschichte”, S.238