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“She sang like an angel who’s been cast out of heaven, yearning to fly back up to where she belongs.” Ruthanna stared at him. “That’s some highfalutin poetics for nine a.m. Also, to be perfectly honest, she sounds depressing.”
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
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“Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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