“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
[misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]”
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[misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.”
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Delicious Ambiguity.”
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