“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”
― Correction
― Correction
“He felt intact but worthless, like a chocolate rabbit selling for 75 percent off the month after Easter.”
― Miss Wyoming
― Miss Wyoming
“I don't know that we are actually human at this point, those of us who are like most of us, who grew up with the words to say; when a loved one dies, we know the words to say. If we want to play the stud or the smart-ass or the fool, we know the words to say. We are all working from the same dog-eared script. It's a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.”
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“You were starting to sound a little like a Stephen King novel for a while there,”
― Thinner
― Thinner
“However, for all his affection and loyalty towards the animal, the dog would soon be leaving him - they would both be present at a celebratory dinner when they reached the roof, he reflected with a touch of gallows-humour, but the poodle would be in the pot.”
― High-Rise
― High-Rise
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