All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.
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Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it.
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Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkward about this precious idea, which seemed somehow to risk diminishment if it were uttered aloud.
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It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.
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The existence of other people is essentially awkward.
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He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons.
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I'd violated the primary rule of junior and senior high-- don't get people talking about you too much. This was wearing the brightest shirt on the playground. This was Mom giving you a kiss in the lobby.
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