“That's a big trunk," James said, as we jammed in the leathery old case that looked so much like the black heart of some leviathan. "It fits a tuba, three suitcases, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly."
"That's just what they used to say in the ads," I said...”
― Wonder Boys
"That's just what they used to say in the ads," I said...”
― Wonder Boys
“I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read”
― The Essential Johnny Cash
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read”
― The Essential Johnny Cash
“It don't matter, she says. It just comes from thinkin too much. That's why you can't slow down for long. You gotta keep your brain tired out so it don't start searching for things to dwell on.”
― The Reapers are the Angels
― The Reapers are the Angels
“She was a junkie for the printed word. And lucky for me, I manufactured her drug of choice.”
― Wonder Boys
― Wonder Boys
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