“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“The big reason why folks leave a small town,' Rant used to say, 'is so they can moon over the idea of going back. And the reason they stay put is so they can moon about getting out.'
Rant meant that no one is happy, anywhere.”
― Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Rant meant that no one is happy, anywhere.”
― Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
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