1:54 PM"I told myself there was no difference between being ‘inside’ and being ‘outside,’ that it all came down to X’s and O’s that could be acquired in any number of different ways, but the pain increased to a point where I thought I might collapse, and I limped away. Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged and those excluded from it are missing out."

— Jennifer Egan (A Visit From the Goon Squad)

(Source: breezebits, via halucinace)