[Dennis] Etchison would write stories that were just punch lines at the end. You wouldn't realize something horrific was happening until the last paragraph.
Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you. - John Darnielle
Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.
- John Darnielle
When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you. - John Darnielle
When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you.
One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can. - John Darnielle
One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.
Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal adults do than it is for… - John Darnielle
Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal adults do than it is for…
There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to find a way to ride it o… - John Darnielle
There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to find a way to ride it o…
You can get really good reads on your dreams if you think of every character in them as actually being you. - John Darnielle
You can get really good reads on your dreams if you think of every character in them as actually being you.
There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die. - John Darnielle
There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.
It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves/ It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side/ With our hearts still bea… - John Darnielle
It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves/ It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side/ With our hearts still bea…
Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I am bigger than it," is to learn to cherish e… - John Darnielle
Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I am bigger than it," is to learn to cherish e…
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