Proof that no investment is yours forever.

Everyone is equal and everyone is forced to participate; you can't just be a spectator.

I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation.

Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious. Even wealthy people buy second-hand clothes and look a little bit homeless.

Mylife might be little and boring, but at least it’s mine - not some assembly-line, secondhand, hand-me-down life.

Rant said that view of time was set up so folks won't live forever. It's the planned obsolescence we've all agreed to...'Nothing says you have to swallow this,' Rant told me. 'You can always just die.

At some point, your memories, your stories, your adventures, will be the only things you'll have left.