“If you take the meaning out of the world, all that’s left is controlling each other.”
―
L.T. Vargus,
Casting Shadows Everywhere
“Out of all of the trillions of years of the Earth’s history, you might be alive for one 70 or 80 year period. That ain’t so long. You should be out ready to burn this motherfucker to the groun’ while you can. But they somehow get you all scared and hung up on these stupid ideas.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“I look for meaning even though I know I won’t really find it.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“See, I saw someone get strangled once when I was 9.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“Can you imagine strangling someone for 10 minutes?” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“Everybody wants to feel special and loved. But you sort of need to feel like you’ve earned it.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“energy. Just consciousness. Here on the physical plane, we all have our little shard of the great soul in our skulls. That’s the divine spark that makes us all who we are, you know? But the pieces can feel that they’re apart from the whole, that they’re sealed off from everyone by a layer of flesh and bone. We can feel that something in our lives is missing. That we are somehow incomplete. And that creates the tension in us that drives us to endless conflict.” ― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl
“We all have heard a bunch of times that drinking kills brain cells, right? Right. Well, what I didn’t know was that the actual sensation of brain cells being damaged is what being drunk is. So basically people are killing their brain cause it feels good. Weird, right?” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“The ability to create life, to produce a fully formed human being — a body and a soul — that was the real magic of the universe. It made every woman a potential Goddess.” ― L.T. Vargus, The Girl in the Sand
“stilettos,” ― L.T. Vargus, The Girl in the Sand
“Kind of, but it’s more than that. It’s like a lot of shit you’ve been told in your life is a lie. All these rules and all these things you worry about... they ain’t got real meanin’ on their own. The only meanin’ they got is what we give ’em, you know?” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“But nobody’s perfect. So it makes you feel like... like they don’t know you at all, and they never could. They just like this imaginary perfect girl in their head, you know? And if they did figure out what you were really like, then maybe they wouldn’t like it so much. So even though someone thinking you’re perfect may sound good, it’s not.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“So I will dive head first into something new. I will sit on my hands no longer. I will reach out, grab the world by the shoulders, wrestle it to the goddamn ground, and I will do... something. I will do something. I will do anything. Cause take it from me: Anything is better than nothing. Nothing is a bottomless black hole of bad times, dude. It’s weird. I had my doubts, but I am excited now. It feels like anything is possible. It feels like there’s a reason to get up in the morning. It feels like I’m finally awake after sleepwalking for so long.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“juddering” ― L.T. Vargus, Couple Killer
“Billions” ― L.T. Vargus, Night on Fire
“Life isn’t a thought. It doesn’t happen in words. It’s an experience. You live it. You feel it.” ― L.T. Vargus, Couple Killer
“There is a clarity upon waking in the morning that can not be matched by meditation, psychotropic drugs, or any alignment of the supposed chakras. It is a time when our right brain is given free rein to explore and expound after a night spent conjuring dreams.” ― L.T. Vargus, Killing Season
“Sorry. I was thinking about my pets. Two cats and a dog. Haven’t seen them for weeks now. This whole thing reminds me of them, I guess. My cats are all over me when I’m the only human around. Jumping up on the couch to get pet. Screeching at me to get fed. So on. But if anyone else comes over — a stranger, I mean — they run and hide under the bed for hours. “The dog is just the opposite. He charges to the door to confront any would-be intruder on his turf. He smells the guest, looks them straight in the eye, sizes up the situation face to face and only then will he calm down. “It’s two different ways of looking at the world, you know? A cat sees individuals above all else. Almost like an artist’s point of view, I think. She sees everything through the lens of individuals and relationships. If something disrupts that intricate web of connections — such as a stranger’s presence — she’ll disengage and keep to herself a while. “A dog sees territory to control. He’s cognizant of individuals, but his primary concern is controlling his environment in a direct, assertive way. He wants to feel in control. If you cross that threshold into his territory, you will be dealt with. Even if that only means you’ll be barked at a few times.” ― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl
“Maybe the key to a happy life was to stop waiting for some big, life-changing thing to happen to you, and to instead take the small opportunities for joy as they presented themselves.” ― L.T. Vargus, Trouble in Paradise
“Out of all of the trillions of years of the Earth’s history, you might be alive for one 70 or 80 year period. That ain’t so long. You should be out ready to burn this motherfucker to the groun’ while you can. But they somehow get you all scared and hung up on these stupid ideas.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“I look for meaning even though I know I won’t really find it.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“See, I saw someone get strangled once when I was 9.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“Can you imagine strangling someone for 10 minutes?” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“Everybody wants to feel special and loved. But you sort of need to feel like you’ve earned it.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“energy. Just consciousness. Here on the physical plane, we all have our little shard of the great soul in our skulls. That’s the divine spark that makes us all who we are, you know? But the pieces can feel that they’re apart from the whole, that they’re sealed off from everyone by a layer of flesh and bone. We can feel that something in our lives is missing. That we are somehow incomplete. And that creates the tension in us that drives us to endless conflict.” ― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl
“We all have heard a bunch of times that drinking kills brain cells, right? Right. Well, what I didn’t know was that the actual sensation of brain cells being damaged is what being drunk is. So basically people are killing their brain cause it feels good. Weird, right?” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“The ability to create life, to produce a fully formed human being — a body and a soul — that was the real magic of the universe. It made every woman a potential Goddess.” ― L.T. Vargus, The Girl in the Sand
“stilettos,” ― L.T. Vargus, The Girl in the Sand
“Kind of, but it’s more than that. It’s like a lot of shit you’ve been told in your life is a lie. All these rules and all these things you worry about... they ain’t got real meanin’ on their own. The only meanin’ they got is what we give ’em, you know?” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“But nobody’s perfect. So it makes you feel like... like they don’t know you at all, and they never could. They just like this imaginary perfect girl in their head, you know? And if they did figure out what you were really like, then maybe they wouldn’t like it so much. So even though someone thinking you’re perfect may sound good, it’s not.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“So I will dive head first into something new. I will sit on my hands no longer. I will reach out, grab the world by the shoulders, wrestle it to the goddamn ground, and I will do... something. I will do something. I will do anything. Cause take it from me: Anything is better than nothing. Nothing is a bottomless black hole of bad times, dude. It’s weird. I had my doubts, but I am excited now. It feels like anything is possible. It feels like there’s a reason to get up in the morning. It feels like I’m finally awake after sleepwalking for so long.” ― L.T. Vargus, Casting Shadows Everywhere
“juddering” ― L.T. Vargus, Couple Killer
“Billions” ― L.T. Vargus, Night on Fire
“Life isn’t a thought. It doesn’t happen in words. It’s an experience. You live it. You feel it.” ― L.T. Vargus, Couple Killer
“There is a clarity upon waking in the morning that can not be matched by meditation, psychotropic drugs, or any alignment of the supposed chakras. It is a time when our right brain is given free rein to explore and expound after a night spent conjuring dreams.” ― L.T. Vargus, Killing Season
“Sorry. I was thinking about my pets. Two cats and a dog. Haven’t seen them for weeks now. This whole thing reminds me of them, I guess. My cats are all over me when I’m the only human around. Jumping up on the couch to get pet. Screeching at me to get fed. So on. But if anyone else comes over — a stranger, I mean — they run and hide under the bed for hours. “The dog is just the opposite. He charges to the door to confront any would-be intruder on his turf. He smells the guest, looks them straight in the eye, sizes up the situation face to face and only then will he calm down. “It’s two different ways of looking at the world, you know? A cat sees individuals above all else. Almost like an artist’s point of view, I think. She sees everything through the lens of individuals and relationships. If something disrupts that intricate web of connections — such as a stranger’s presence — she’ll disengage and keep to herself a while. “A dog sees territory to control. He’s cognizant of individuals, but his primary concern is controlling his environment in a direct, assertive way. He wants to feel in control. If you cross that threshold into his territory, you will be dealt with. Even if that only means you’ll be barked at a few times.” ― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl
“Maybe the key to a happy life was to stop waiting for some big, life-changing thing to happen to you, and to instead take the small opportunities for joy as they presented themselves.” ― L.T. Vargus, Trouble in Paradise
