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“I didn't mean I'd seen everything, John Grady said.
I know you didn't.
I just meant I'd seen some things I'd as soon not of.
I know it. There's hard lessons in this world.
What's the hardest?
I dont know. Maybe it's just that when things are gone they're gone. They aint comin back.
Yessir.”
― Cities of the Plain
I know you didn't.
I just meant I'd seen some things I'd as soon not of.
I know it. There's hard lessons in this world.
What's the hardest?
I dont know. Maybe it's just that when things are gone they're gone. They aint comin back.
Yessir.”
― Cities of the Plain
“I didn’t know that, but I did understand then that there was no such thing as safe, only safer; that this, if it didn’t happen now, would happen later but not better.”
― Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
― Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
“I hung up the phone, jubilant, and threw myself into a wall, then pretended to be getting electrocuted. I do this when I'm very happy.”
― You Shall Know Our Velocity!
― You Shall Know Our Velocity!
“my feeling is that if you're not self-obsessed you're probably boring.”
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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