Mattie Lundby

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Mattie’s Quotes

“Before and behind me, nothing but infernal things were made and sold, and I endured inbetween, infernally.”
― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity

tags: bleakhumor, consumerculture, darkhumor, literaryfiction, mood, urbangothic

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“I've never had a boy in here," Martin said in a serious voice. "I've never touched another man, as a matter of fact. . . .except for my father. That was my duty.”
― Steig Larsson, The Millennium Trilogy

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“But at one point, Craig was talking about something, and Sam turned to me and smiled. It was a movie smile in slow motion, and then everything was okay.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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“Time was being stripped from her one second at a time.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: The Prequel

tags: drama, dramatic, fiction, funny, heartwarming, insight, intrigue, sad, thought-provoking, thriller

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“The thing is, it's my own fault. I just can't put up with a person that won't go out of his way for me. And that's what a man is. Somebody that won't go out of his way for you. I bet it says that in the dictionary.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs in Heaven

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