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When he asks for a quarter for skull-buster his eyes beg you to forgive him because he can’t forgive himself.
“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was inside anything.
“It’s really something,” I said.”
― Cathedral
“It’s really something,” I said.”
― Cathedral
“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.”
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“She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. But the third, the one you drink because it's there, because it can't hurt, and because what difference does it make?”
― Song of Solomon
― Song of Solomon
“If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
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