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Benny’s silence was a consequence of too much weird life experience, which had so precisely calibrated his weirdometer that the needle was pegged out at the EXTREMELY CREEPY end of the dial from the moment he’d shaken his roommate’s hand.
“If your dad was regularly corresponding with the Mescaline Antichrist of Pasadena, Leave It to Beaver probably seemed like a bastion of middle-class sanity.”
― A House With Good Bones
― A House With Good Bones
“Just because magic is rare does not make it unreal,”
― Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
― Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”
― Don't Fear the Reaper
― Don't Fear the Reaper
“If I owned a gun,” Benny said, “I’d go with you.” “If you owned a gun,” Bob replied, “I’d take it away from you.”
― The Bad Weather Friend
― The Bad Weather Friend
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire
“The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is the good guy”—Ken Ammi”
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“The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is the good guy”—Ken Ammi”
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