Oh, Allison

it's a common saying among these parts. every day you'll have more illumination on why.

Elvis Costello references are not just welcome but encouraged.

Oh, Allison.

Otherwise known as a chronicle of the (mis)adventures of a latter-day Dona Quixote.
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God, this is depressing 

Every time I’m tempted to whisk away my sentimentalism in exchange for world-weariness, I should read this. This is exactly what I never want to be.

The authentic pain of earnestness is so much richer than the phantom-limbed dissatisfaction of detachment.

Everyone’s trying to feel nothing instead of everything.

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