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Heather R
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The trial has barely made a dent in the national news. Which is good, because it means less publicity, fewer reporters. But it’s also bad, because just how depraved do crimes have to be nowadays to garner national headlines? Pretty fucking
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Great intro, and I’ve wondered the same thing myself many times!
“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue
― The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue
“Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida”
― The Orchid Thief
― The Orchid Thief
“I think the real reason is that life has no meaning. I mean, no obvious meaning. You wake up, you go to work, you do stuff. I think everybody's always looking for something a little unusual that can preoccupy them and help pass the time.”
― The Orchid Thief
― The Orchid Thief
“The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning—we are all in the same boat.”
― Uncharted Waters
― Uncharted Waters
“The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the natives... The sun will burn you by day and the cold will shrivel you by night. You'll be racked by fever and tormented by a hundred discomforts, but you'll go on. For when a man falls in love with orchids, he'll do anything to possess the one he wants. It's like chasing a green-eyed woman or taking cocaine... it's a sort of madness...”
― The Orchid Thief
― The Orchid Thief
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