“Do kisses fade like Polaroid pictures if you don't pay attention to them?”
“I guess you just don't pay attention. I think you're too busy attempting to fade.”
“I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.”
“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”
“You don't read it in the sense of reading a message; it doesn't work like that. What's happening is that the Shadows are responding to the attention you pay them.”
“Q: What is wrong with the world?A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.”