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Many people, women especially, she had observed, responded to a compliment by explaining what they had—or hadn’t done—to merit it.
“Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.”
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.”
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“That took balls."
"Please," I said with a snort, "that took ovaries. Of which I have two.”
― First Grave on the Right
"Please," I said with a snort, "that took ovaries. Of which I have two.”
― First Grave on the Right
“You know, I'm really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their own secret spaces, their own records, their own rules.”
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Life is always either a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.”
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