“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
― Shampoo Planet
― Shampoo Planet
“Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It's the crack cocaine of the literary world.”
― First Among Sequels
― First Among Sequels
“Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.”
― Something Rotten
― Something Rotten
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
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“Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.”
― The Eyre Affair
― The Eyre Affair
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