Paul Neilan
Paul Neilan
Paul Neilan is an American novelist, writer of Apathy and Other Small Victories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
fun stupid people
But really it’s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they’re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese. Banged up people don’t want your pity. They just want to be treated like everyone else. Mockery, when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It’s the closest we’ll ever come to true equality.
done prejudice form
Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.
bravery done kind
Cowardice, when done correctly, can be its own kind of bravery.
glasses stories alive
If Tolstoy were alive today and working at Panopticon Insurance, he'd say that all insurance companies are the same, then throw himself through an eighteenth story window and plunge to his death in a hail of glass and shattered dignity" (70).
want stealing ifs
If stealing a few saltshakers was wrong I didn't want to be right.
drunk long half
In the long term everyone traffics in foregone conclusions, and in the short term they just get drunk. This is the way it has always been. Some half-assed ambiguity masquerading as mystery is all anybody's really looking for.
honesty blood two
at first I thought you were just using me" she said "I definitely am." I just wasn't sure for what. "Asshole!" she said, and punched me in the side. And she laughed as my kidney began to hemorrhage. That's the beauty of honesty. Everyones so unused to hearing it they just assume you're kidding, and you get to feel very good and forthcoming without suffering any consequences except for traces of blood in your urine for the next day or two.
talking ideas people
And when they start talking, and they always do, you find that each of them has a story they want to tell. Everyone, no matter how old or young, has some lesson they want to teach. And I sit there and listen and learn all about life from people who have no idea how to live it.
oysters world allergic
The world is your oyster... ...too bad you're allergic to shellfish.