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“Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.”
― John Grisham, A Painted House

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“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: defeated, philosophical-reflection

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“Dans ce trou noir ou lumineux vit la vie, rêve la vie, souffre la vie.”
― Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen

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“Moreover, there was what Amy called “the cocksuckers’ contingent of the country”—what Danny knew as the dumber-than-dog-shit element, those bully patriots—and they were too set in their ways or too poorly educated (or both) to see beyond the ceaseless flag-waving and nationalistic bluster.”
― John Irving, Last Night in Twisted River

tags: patriotism

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“Most people, when they move, well they just move depending on whatever's around them. At this very moment, as I am writing, Constitution the cat is going by with her tummy dragging close to the floor. This cat has absolutely nothing constructive to do in life and still she is heading toward something, probably an armchair.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

tags: cats, paloma

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