Wes Reads

Wes' favorite quotes from books he is reading. Currently reading: Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

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Important things are inevitably cliche, but nobody wants to admit that.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

- Chuck Klosterman

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We pursue that which retreats from us, and coolness is always a bear market.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

- Chuck Klosterman

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Life is rarely about what happened; it’s mostly about what we think happened.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman

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Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable.

Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.

- Chuck Klosterman

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Despite their best efforts at being grumpy, a self-described cynic is secretly optimistic about normal human nature. Individuals who are truly cynical will always insist they are pragmatic.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. - Chuck Klosterman

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Real people are actively trying to live like fake people, so real people are no less fake.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Kosterman

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I would never be satisfied unless my marriage was as good as Cliff and Clair Huxtable's (or at least as enigmatic as Jack and Meg White's).

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. - Chuck Klosterman

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Nothing can be appreciated in a vacuum.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman

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Connections might not be hardwired into the superstructure to the universe, but it feels like they are whenever I put money into a jukebox and everybody in the bar suddenly seems to be having the same conversation. And in that last moment before I fall asleep each night, I understand Everything. The world is an interlocked machine, throbbing and pulsing as a flawless organism. This is why I will always hate falling asleep.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. - Chuck Klosterman