“When surrounded by their peers, most men have two sets of reactions—the real ones and those designed for evaluation by their fellows.”
― Black Sunday
― Black Sunday
“All around us were people I had spent ten years avoiding--shapeless women in wool bathing suits, dull-eyed men with hairless legs and self-conscious laughs, all Americans, all fearsomely alike. These people should be kept at home, I thought; lock them in the basement of some goddamn Elks Club and keep them pacified with erotic movies; if they want a vacation, show them a foreign art film; and if they still aren't satisfied, send them into the wilderness and run them with vicious dogs.”
― The Rum Diary
― The Rum Diary
“The seclusion of this ranch house threatened to take her breath away, but she managed to smile. So this is what it’s like to be a country girl.”
― Colorado Takedown
― Colorado Takedown
“Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.”
― I Am the Messenger
― I Am the Messenger
“You can’t expect the wolf to turn vegetarian because of one Pup.”
― The Golden Yarn
― The Golden Yarn
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