“So, here I am. Awake in the dark , twisting the knife in my wounds. What a goddamn delight life really is.”
―
Tim McBain,
Fade to Black
“It all started in Florida. Of course. Fucking Florida.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“That's the funny thing about life - getting over the fear of death is the hard part. After that, it's easy.” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“But deep down she knew, the meek did not inherit. The meek got eaten by the monsters, until eventually there were only monsters left.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“In so many ways he’d lived like he would live forever. He’d taken his time for granted on one hand and simultaneously not fully indulged, not fully embraced his passions on the other. It was the worst of both worlds.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“I’ve perpetually found myself convinced that I can’t live a life that makes sense without understanding my imminent death and making a real effort to incorporate the idea of mortality into my worldview. I feel like if I don’t connect with that, my life gets lost in a series of fast food moments – my actions and relationships and thoughts veer toward easy answers, perpetual consumption, comfort and convenience valued above all else with no sense of meaning underneath. I forget to hold onto the passion of being alive, falling into taking it for granted, into that grind of production and consumption that becomes daily life. Everything becomes easy, neat, packaged, tidy, thoughtless. Every day becomes the same thing, the same color and shape and taste, like life itself should come with fries if you want them. And” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“The ghost in the machine.” “What?” “That’s what they call all of the old beliefs. A lot of the old philosophers all bought into the idea that the mind and body are fundamentally separate, which, if accepted, sort of proves the idea that there is a soul – a ghost in the machine – that makes the whole thing go. But now it’s used as an example of modern people accepting fallacies from more primitive times. I mean, we now understand that our brain functioning is the mind. It’s not fundamentally separate from our physical beings after all, right?” They sat a moment without talking. “The ghost in the machine. Has a ring to it, anyway,” Delfino” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead Box Set
“And, beyond that, the love I receive is something I can’t control anyway. All I can control is the love I give.” ― Tim McBain, Beyond the Blue
“If you want to fight anything in this system, just make sure it’s the hill you’re willing to die on.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“There are moments in life when two paths lie before you,” he said. “Moments where you pick your path and you can never go back. So take a good look at what you’ve got, on the inside and on the outside, before you make the choice, because everything you’ve got, all of it — that’s what you stand to lose if you pick wrong.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“It was a simpler time. There were less apocalypses going on.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“Greasy burgers and fries washed down with Coke -- a fitting end, perhaps, to a life where he never really tried. Never tried to accomplish anything great, anything meaningful to even him, let alone anyone else. It was a fast food life, lived for convenience, lived without regard for much beyond finding comfort, shoving empty calories into his face to try to feel better about the emptiness all around. And” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“flash through my head. When I remember that fog it makes me feel sad in a way that doesn’t really make sense. Like I’ve lost something. I don’t remember things going black this time, which bothers me. I know the seizures are happening more frequently. Maybe they are coming on quicker, too.” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“smell of pretty much any alcoholic beverage reminds me of Allie. When we first started hanging out, we drank a lot. A lot. It was more like” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“a montage of images playing in his head with the saturation turned way up so the colors were brighter than real life.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“Any minute now a hooded man will come barreling out of nowhere and kill me. So that sucks. I” ― Tim McBain, Awake in the Dark Box Set
“Dudley Do-Right-ing must get exhausting, right?” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“pretty frequently regarding this matter, as in: What the eff? Mardy” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“juicy as hell in here, and it smells like liquid ass.” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“It all started in Florida. Of course. Fucking Florida.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“That's the funny thing about life - getting over the fear of death is the hard part. After that, it's easy.” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“But deep down she knew, the meek did not inherit. The meek got eaten by the monsters, until eventually there were only monsters left.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“In so many ways he’d lived like he would live forever. He’d taken his time for granted on one hand and simultaneously not fully indulged, not fully embraced his passions on the other. It was the worst of both worlds.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“I’ve perpetually found myself convinced that I can’t live a life that makes sense without understanding my imminent death and making a real effort to incorporate the idea of mortality into my worldview. I feel like if I don’t connect with that, my life gets lost in a series of fast food moments – my actions and relationships and thoughts veer toward easy answers, perpetual consumption, comfort and convenience valued above all else with no sense of meaning underneath. I forget to hold onto the passion of being alive, falling into taking it for granted, into that grind of production and consumption that becomes daily life. Everything becomes easy, neat, packaged, tidy, thoughtless. Every day becomes the same thing, the same color and shape and taste, like life itself should come with fries if you want them. And” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“The ghost in the machine.” “What?” “That’s what they call all of the old beliefs. A lot of the old philosophers all bought into the idea that the mind and body are fundamentally separate, which, if accepted, sort of proves the idea that there is a soul – a ghost in the machine – that makes the whole thing go. But now it’s used as an example of modern people accepting fallacies from more primitive times. I mean, we now understand that our brain functioning is the mind. It’s not fundamentally separate from our physical beings after all, right?” They sat a moment without talking. “The ghost in the machine. Has a ring to it, anyway,” Delfino” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead Box Set
“And, beyond that, the love I receive is something I can’t control anyway. All I can control is the love I give.” ― Tim McBain, Beyond the Blue
“If you want to fight anything in this system, just make sure it’s the hill you’re willing to die on.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“There are moments in life when two paths lie before you,” he said. “Moments where you pick your path and you can never go back. So take a good look at what you’ve got, on the inside and on the outside, before you make the choice, because everything you’ve got, all of it — that’s what you stand to lose if you pick wrong.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“It was a simpler time. There were less apocalypses going on.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“Greasy burgers and fries washed down with Coke -- a fitting end, perhaps, to a life where he never really tried. Never tried to accomplish anything great, anything meaningful to even him, let alone anyone else. It was a fast food life, lived for convenience, lived without regard for much beyond finding comfort, shoving empty calories into his face to try to feel better about the emptiness all around. And” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“flash through my head. When I remember that fog it makes me feel sad in a way that doesn’t really make sense. Like I’ve lost something. I don’t remember things going black this time, which bothers me. I know the seizures are happening more frequently. Maybe they are coming on quicker, too.” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“smell of pretty much any alcoholic beverage reminds me of Allie. When we first started hanging out, we drank a lot. A lot. It was more like” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“a montage of images playing in his head with the saturation turned way up so the colors were brighter than real life.” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“Any minute now a hooded man will come barreling out of nowhere and kill me. So that sucks. I” ― Tim McBain, Awake in the Dark Box Set
“Dudley Do-Right-ing must get exhausting, right?” ― Tim McBain, The Scattered and the Dead
“pretty frequently regarding this matter, as in: What the eff? Mardy” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
“juicy as hell in here, and it smells like liquid ass.” ― Tim McBain, Fade to Black
