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“Mc Donalds he thought. There's no longer any such thing as a Mc Donalds hamburger. He passed out. When he came around seconds later he found he was sobbing for his mother.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“George came back in with the beer, paused while a handicap signal shook him up. And then he sat down again.

"You been crying" he said to Hazel.

"Yup," she said.

"What about?" he said.

"I forget," she said. "Something real sad on television."

"What was it?" he said.

"It's all kind of mixed up in my mind," said Hazel.

"Forget sad things," said George.

"I always do," said Hazel.

"That's my girl," said George.

He winced. There was the sound of a rivetting gun in his head.

"Gee - I could tell that one was a doozy," said Hazel.

"You can say that again," said George.

"Gee-" said Hazel, "I could tell that one was a doozy.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Harrison Bergeron

“But he recovered in a few hours, and as soon as his mind had cleared, he threw them out of the house with the best manners he was capable of. “Nobody fucks with me,” he said. “Not even my father with his war veteran’s balls.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

“I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger