“She was a classic beauty. She looked like a coin, so it was only natural for her to circulate.”
― Lord of Misrule
― Lord of Misrule
“I was heading to Nebraska. Now there's a sentence you don't want to say too often if you can possibly help it.”
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
“The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.”
― The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
― The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Black bears rarely attack. But here's the thing. Sometimes they do. All bears are agile, cunning and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. If they want to kill you and eat you, they can, and pretty much whenever they want. That doesn't happen often, but - and here is the absolutely salient point - once would be enough.”
― A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
― A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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