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“(Novelists, when their characters drive cars, never feel compelled to describe precisely what the physical actions are of hands, feet, eyes, knees, elbows. Yet many of these same novelists, when their characters copulate, get into such detailed physical description you’d think they were writing an exercise book. We all know the interrelation between the right ankle and the accelerator when driving a car, and we needn’t be told.”
― Dancing Aztecs
― Dancing Aztecs
“Author? Author? Did you write these legs?'
'Yes."
'Well, I don't like dem. I don't like 'em at all at all. I could ha' writted better legs meself.”
― Puckoon
'Yes."
'Well, I don't like dem. I don't like 'em at all at all. I could ha' writted better legs meself.”
― Puckoon
“With a roof over his head he had ceased to work, living off his [war] pension and his wits, both hopelessly inadequate.”
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“The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop”
― Moon Over Soho
― Moon Over Soho
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