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“I need an unattractive man to run the stable,’ he told Barnabas. ‘Your cousin Jude would do well,’ the priest had said.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

“He took a honk off the bottle of Dawson’s that had been resting comfortably against the bulge of his crotch”
― Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

“What is it, Mr. Bannerman?” The woman detective looked like a possum. Very tired.”
― Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

“Would God I could awaken For a dream I know not how, And my soul is sorely shaken Lest an evil step be taken,— Lest the dead who is forsaken May not be happy now. Edgar Allan Poe “Bridal Ballad”
― Jonathan Janz, The Dismembered