“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
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“When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.”
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“I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer. I'd never slept better.”
― The Dark Light of Day
― The Dark Light of Day
“I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon
― Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon
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