He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn't seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he'd shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.

You learn to move on without the people you love.

I think a lot of snowflakes are alike...and I think a lot of people are alike too.

With "Taipei" Tao Lin becomes the most interesting prose stylist of his generation...

Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire - meaningless. Intellect is not a cure. Justice is dead.

Open the hood of a car and it will tell you something about the people who designed it, is just one of many phrases I’m tortured by.

Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him.