I collect paper things - books, magazines, newspapers, things torn from books and magazines, postcards, greeting cards, bookmarks, artwork from my kids - basically anything printed with words or images that appeal to me for vague, non-specific reasons...excepting paper towels.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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