“Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist.”
― Labels
― Labels
“Saying goodbye is a little like dying.”
― Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
― Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
“Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.”
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“I thought about this for days, just as I thought of the special-ed teacher I met in Pittsburgh. "You know," I said, "I hear those words and automatically think Handicapped, or, Learning disabled. But aren't a lot of your students just assholes?"
"You got it," she said. Then she told me about a kid - last day of class - who wrote on the blackboard, "Mrs. J____ is a cock master."
I was impressed because I'd never heard that term before. She was impressed because the boy had spelled it correctly.”
― Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.
"You got it," she said. Then she told me about a kid - last day of class - who wrote on the blackboard, "Mrs. J____ is a cock master."
I was impressed because I'd never heard that term before. She was impressed because the boy had spelled it correctly.”
― Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.
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