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"Reread because i love this book dearly and to hype myself up for new ben lerner next week" Mar 27, 2026 03:16PM

 
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Percival Everett
“I had never heard such bullshit in my life. I opened my mouth and said, "I have never heard such bullshit in my life.”
Percival Everett, Telephone

Percival Everett
“She laughed and asked, "What if Shakespeare was just hitting keys?"

"Shakespeare didn't have a typewriter," I said.

"What if he was just making marks on paper? And that's how he came up with Macbeth?"

"I doubt it. Maybe Measure for Measure. I could see that with Measure for Measure. Not Macbeth.”
Percival Everett, Telephone

Percival Everett
“At the time of this writing, I do not know whether I will live much longer, and you don't know what I'm talking about.”
Percival Everett, Telephone

Percival Everett
“As I fell asleep, I knew I would dream, and I dreamed first that I knew why I dreamed, why humans dream. We dream, quite simply, so we know we're not dead.”
Percival Everett, Telephone

Percival Everett
“War is hell," she said. "Do you know why I always beat you, Daddy?"

"Tell me."

"Because you hate to lose pieces.”
Percival Everett, Telephone

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