Have you ever started to wave at someone and then realized they werenโt really waving at you, so you abort and go for a head scratch instead? Thatโs how I felt.
Tim TharpBesides, it doesn't matter if it's real. It never does with dreams. They aren't anything anyway but lifesavers to cling to so you don't drown. Life is an ocean, and most everyone's hanging on to some kind of dream to keep afloat.
Tim TharpThat's how our system works. It's a giant con game. One thing gets old, then you have to buy the next thing that gets old, then the next thing. Our whole society's a training ground for addicts.
Tim TharpBesides, Iโm not looking to get saved. Iโm only going with her because itโs what you do when youโre in a relationship. You know? You slide into the third pew from the front and sit there thinking about how desperate all these people are to feel like something loves them. Theyโll believe all kinds of hocus-pocus. But your girlfriend likes it, and you like her, so you do it. Itโs called compromise. The only way youโre going to get something to last in this world is to work at it.
Tim Tharp