“Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“if a man believed all that other people choose to say in their own favor, he might get an oversized opinion of them, and an undersized opinion of himself.”
― The Complete Leatherstocking Tales: All 5 Books
― The Complete Leatherstocking Tales: All 5 Books
“I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“She was used to taking the world as it was, she'd never have guessed you could get what you wanted by asking for it.”
― Paint it Black
― Paint it Black
“Ferret took out a folded scrap of paper and passed it to him.
'My guy Ben doesn't know where the other club is, but the girls are being shipped in from here, a rehab centre in Newtonville.'
'What's this other place called?' Tazeem asked as he slipped the scrap of paper into his pocket.
'The place is just known as The Club. But the behind-the-scenes bit that only the real big spenders get to see, there's no official name, 'cause officially it doesn't exist, that's know as The Zombie Room.”
― The Zombie Room
'My guy Ben doesn't know where the other club is, but the girls are being shipped in from here, a rehab centre in Newtonville.'
'What's this other place called?' Tazeem asked as he slipped the scrap of paper into his pocket.
'The place is just known as The Club. But the behind-the-scenes bit that only the real big spenders get to see, there's no official name, 'cause officially it doesn't exist, that's know as The Zombie Room.”
― The Zombie Room
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