In all my life I'd never been approached this way, the car pulling up, the Where you going? It was something I wish had happened hundreds of times. I was a looker - someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back - always everyone looking forwards, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look at you? Why should they care?
Dave EggersI need eight hours to get maybe 20 minutes of work done. I had one of those yesterday: seven hours of self-loathing.
Dave EggersEvery part of my body felt electric. My chest ached and my head throbbed with the great terrible limitless possibility of the morning, and when it came, the sky was washed white, everything was new, and I hadn't slept at all.
Dave EggersPaper is a uniquely beautiful format, more so than the web, I think: you need to invest in the aesthetics.
Dave EggersThe only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us.
Dave Eggers