Funny Story
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“Maybe I should get a dog.” She looks to me for feedback. “I think you should do exactly what you want to do,” I tell her. “Let’s rob a bank,” she says. “I think you should get a dog.”
“You are on your knees, we are not negotiating. 48
Suffering is cheap as clay and twice as common. What matters is what each man makes of it. 171
I didn't think pain like that ever faded entirely. Grief had its own life, took its own sustenance. 221
What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men. 224
I willed my mind to silence, tried to make it a blank field, white with fresh snow, unmarred by tracks. 259
They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things - if love can ever be called that. 417”
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Suffering is cheap as clay and twice as common. What matters is what each man makes of it. 171
I didn't think pain like that ever faded entirely. Grief had its own life, took its own sustenance. 221
What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men. 224
I willed my mind to silence, tried to make it a blank field, white with fresh snow, unmarred by tracks. 259
They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things - if love can ever be called that. 417”
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