“…nostalgia is, by definition, the least authentic of all feelings.”

“Feeling - what authentic human fun!”

“Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals.”

“I wish I could take it all back, but I can’t. And I definitely can’t un-feel a feeling.”

“The beauty of that poem is that everybody can relate, because we all feel like nobody. We all feel like we are on the outside, looking in. We all feel scattered. But I think it's that self-awareness that actually makes us somebody. And you are definitely somebody, Blue. You may not be a work of art, but you are definitely a piece of work.”

“The ludicrous element in our feeling does not make them any less authentic.”