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In his black velvet bathroom,
Just…what?!?
“Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.”
― Assassination Vacation
― Assassination Vacation
“On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.”
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“A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he was eating a large fish - but there was no diamond inside. That’s what I like about coincidence.”
― Laughter in the Dark
― Laughter in the Dark
“Whenever I am calling god, her line is busy.”
― A Burning
― A Burning
“People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles.”
― The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
― The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
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