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“I just looked at the pattern of my life, decided I didn't like it, and changed.”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
“It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. [...] An experienced traveler could have told by looking at my shoes that I wasn't French. And even if I were French, it's not as if English is some mysterious tribal dialect spoken only by anthropologists and a small population of cannibals.”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
“Right, I breast feed baby camels in my backyard just for the freaking fun of it. Just tell me where you live, Pinocchio, and save the baloney for lunch.”
― Naked
― Naked
“Love needs room to grow. Like a rose. Or a tumor.”
― Fool
― Fool
“Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. "That's what you get for leaving your wallet on the kitchen table.”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
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