You know things are really bad when, in 1355, the London authorities issue an order preventing any more excrement from being thrown into the ditch around the Fleet Prison on account of fears for the health of the prisoners.4
“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Women
― Women
“I felt like crying but nothing came out. it was just a sort of sad sickness, sick sad, when you can't feel any worse. I think you know it. I think everybody knows it now and then. but I think I have known it pretty often, too often.”
― Tales of Ordinary Madness
― Tales of Ordinary Madness
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“Listen," I say, pushing my chair in. "I just want everyone to know that I'm pro-family and anti-drug. Excuse me.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho
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