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Charles Yu quotes: My father makes to-do lists, makes plans, makes business plans. This is how he starts, always with a blank sheet of graph paper.

My father makes to-do lists, makes plans, makes business plans. This is how he starts, always with a blank sheet of graph paper.

Charles Yu quotes: Love from the abandoned heart of a nonexistent dog.

Love from the abandoned heart of a nonexistent dog.

Charles Yu quotes: Most people I know live their lives moving in a constant forward direction, the whole time looking backward.

Most people I know live their lives moving in a constant forward direction, the whole time looking backward.

Charles Yu quotes: Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.

Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.

Charles Yu quotes: If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.

If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.

Charles Yu quotes: You are good," I say. "No I'm not. I'm not I'm not. I'm not," she says. "I'm no good." And then, softly to herself: "Am I?

You are good," I say.
"No I'm not. I'm not I'm not. I'm not," she says. "I'm no good."
And then, softly to herself: "Am I?

Charles Yu quotes: You can just sit in here, impervious and invisible. So invisible youmight even forget yourself.

You can just sit in here, impervious and invisible. So invisible you
might even forget yourself.

Charles Yu quotes: You haven't experienced awkwardness until you've seen a three-million-dollar piece of software cry.

You haven't experienced awkwardness until you've seen a three-million-dollar piece of software cry.

Charles Yu quotes: You can only go to places that you will let yourself go.

You can only go to places that you will let yourself go.

Charles Yu quotes: The only free man," he would say, "is one who doesn't work for anyone else.

The only free man," he would say, "is one who doesn't work for anyone else.

Charles Yu quotes: Dog sighs are some form of distilled truth. What does he know? What do dogs know? Ed sighs like he knows the truth about me and he loves me anyway.

Dog sighs are some form of distilled truth. What does he know? What do dogs know? Ed sighs like he knows the truth about me and he loves me anyway.

Charles Yu quotes: Sadness was the driver, the motor of his invention, the engine of his creativity.

Sadness was the driver, the motor of his invention, the engine of his creativity.

Charles Yu quotes: At some point in your life, this statement will be true: tomorrow you will lose everything forever.

At some point in your life, this statement will be true: tomorrow you will lose everything forever.

Charles Yu quotes: We don't need the Good Life. The Pretty Good Life would be just fine.

We don't need the Good Life. The Pretty Good Life would be just fine.

Charles Yu quotes: Existence doesn't have more meaning in one direction than it does in any other.

Existence doesn't have more meaning in one direction than it does in any other.

Charles Yu quotes: It was almost reckless how vulnerable she allowed herself to be.

It was almost reckless how vulnerable she allowed herself to be.

Charles Yu quotes: Life is, to some extent, an extended dialogue with your future self about how exactly you are going to let yourself down over the coming years.

Life is, to some extent, an extended dialogue with your future self about how exactly you are going to let yourself down over the coming years.

Charles Yu quotes: I CAN'T FORGET. I'M INCAPABLE. THAT MUST BE NICE, BEING ABLE TO FORGET. IS IT NICE?

I CAN'T FORGET. I'M INCAPABLE. THAT MUST BE NICE, BEING ABLE TO FORGET. IS IT NICE?

Charles Yu quotes: On the worst days, I feel fine. On the best days, I know I am not.

On the worst days, I feel fine. On the best days, I know I am not.

Charles Yu quotes: It's like all technology: either not powerful enough or too powerful. It will never do exactly what you want it to do.

It's like all technology: either not powerful enough or too powerful. It will never do exactly what you want it to do.

Charles Yu quotes: It's a staircase in a house built by the construction firm of Escher and Sons.

It's a staircase in a house built by the construction firm of Escher and Sons.

Charles Yu quotes: There is a sense in which I am pretty sure this makes no sense. I don't know where this is going. I don't know how it ends.

There is a sense in which I am pretty sure this makes no sense. I don't know where this is going. I don't know how it ends.

Charles Yu quotes: You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.

You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.

Charles Yu quotes: I hate everything about her except for the fact that I love everything about her.

I hate everything about her except for the fact that I love everything about her.

Charles Yu quotes: People are dying and my generation just does not care. Including me. But I want to care. I really want to. I want to care so bad.

People are dying and my generation just does not care. Including me. But I want to care. I really want to. I want to care so bad.

Charles Yu quotes: If a lifetime in the end is remembered for a handful of days, this is one of them.

If a lifetime in the end is remembered for a handful of days, this is one of them.

Charles Yu quotes: A life is about twenty-five thousand days, and a finding occurs about once every twenty-five thousand days.In other news, once in a lifetime.

A life is about twenty-five thousand days, and a finding occurs about once every twenty-five thousand days.
In other news, once in a lifetime.

Charles Yu quotes: I have a hangover that feels like someone let a cat loose inside my face.

I have a hangover that feels like someone let a cat loose inside my face.

Charles Yu quotes: The strangest and hardest kind of time travel is the unaided kind.

The strangest and hardest kind of time travel is the unaided kind.

Charles Yu quotes: All he ever knew of her was who he saw every day. All I am is who I am every day. All anyone is to anyone is a series of

All he ever knew of her was who he saw every day. All I am is who I am every day. All anyone is to anyone is a series of days.