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"She used a particular morocco shade of ink that to me, missing her terribly, brought back in a rush of color all the thin, cheerful hoarsness of her voice."
"I knew Shelby had let those dogs out. She wanted me at the top, with her beside me, and Paul was in my way. And now Grace was in hers."
"A mathematician once said that algebra was the science for lazy people-one does not work out x, but operates with it as if one knew it. In our case, x stands for the anonymous masses, the people. Politics mean operating with this x without worrying about its actual nature. Making history is to recognize x for what it stands for in the equation."
"Human beings always rediscovered war...the species was a planetary plague, whether they new what a planet was or not." -"Pretties" by Scott WesterfieldPretties
"Once again I shake my head at how these American women live. I look once more at her naked legs and feet, then I return to my yard with my tea."
Maria wrote: ""The dead continued to sing."
""The sound swelled in the dark till the entire room was pulsating, til the air itself became alive and matted with bees."
"I don't know why I can't keep it. It ain't nobody's mouse. I didn't steal it. I found it lyin' right beside the road." Of Mice and Men
Books mentioned in this topic
Of Mice and Men (other topics)The Blood Gospel (other topics)
The Secret Life of Bees (other topics)
Pretties (other topics)
House of Sand and Fog (other topics)
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