“There was nothing to compare with standing on a ice of land you owned free and clear. No one could push you off it, no one could take it from you, no one could tell you what to do with it.”
― Half Broke Horses
― Half Broke Horses
“There was only the sound of the July-flies, which seems to be inside your head like it is the grind and whirr of the springs and cogs which are you and which will not stop no matter what you say until they are good and ready.”
― All the King's Men
― All the King's Men
“If you can’t make a girl come why even bother? That always seemed to me to be like writing questions in a letter.”
― The Rules of Attraction
― The Rules of Attraction
“I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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