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“Soon enough she was answering casting calls and getting some theater work, onstage and off, and Doc was into his own apprenticeship a a skip tracer, and each, gradually locating a different karmic thermal above the megalopolis, had watched the other glide away into a different fate.”
― Inherent Vice
― Inherent Vice
“Doc followed the prints of her bare feet already collapsing into rain and shadow, as if in a fool's attempt to find his way back into a past that despite them both had gone on into the future it did.”
― Inherent Vice
― Inherent Vice
“And Juana, sitting by the fire hole, watched him with questioning eyes, and when he had buried his pearl she asked, "Who do you fear?" Kino searched for a true answer, and at last he said, "Everyone.”
― The Pearl
― The Pearl
“Mickey and him are that tight, huh?"
"Ace buddies, according to legend. Hey. You think Bigfoot's Jewish, too?"
"Swedish, I thought."
"Could be both," Pat dimly defensive. "There can be Swedish Jews."
"I know there's Swedish Fish." Basically only trying to be helpful.”
― Inherent Vice
"Ace buddies, according to legend. Hey. You think Bigfoot's Jewish, too?"
"Swedish, I thought."
"Could be both," Pat dimly defensive. "There can be Swedish Jews."
"I know there's Swedish Fish." Basically only trying to be helpful.”
― Inherent Vice
“The doctor has gone out," he said. "He was called to a serious case." And he shut the gate quickly out of shame.
And now a wave of shame went over the whole procession. They melted away. The beggars went back to the church steps, the stragglers moved off, and the neighbors departed so that the public shaming of Kino would not be in their eyes.”
― The Pearl
And now a wave of shame went over the whole procession. They melted away. The beggars went back to the church steps, the stragglers moved off, and the neighbors departed so that the public shaming of Kino would not be in their eyes.”
― The Pearl
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