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If I refer to her as my mother in the pages which follow, it is only for the sake of literary convenience, and to save myself the trouble of inventing an epithet more accurate, if less charitable.
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“People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.”
― The Cider House Rules
― The Cider House Rules
“The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide.”
― Welcome to the Monkey House
― Welcome to the Monkey House
“GORDON WAY DRIFTED miserably along the dark road, or rather, tried to drift. He felt that as a ghost—which is what he had to admit to himself he had become—he should be able to drift. He knew little enough about ghosts, but he felt that if you were going to be one then there ought to be certain compensations for not having a physical body to lug around, and that among them ought to be the ability simply to drift. But no, it seemed he was going to have to walk every step of the way.”
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Jesuits take their cue from Ignatius in terms of a practical spirituality. One joke has a Franciscan, a Dominican, and a Jesuit celebrating Mass together when the lights suddenly go out in the church. The Franciscan praises the chance to live more simply. The Dominican gives a learned homily on how God brings light to the world. The Jesuit goes to the basement to fix the fuses.”
― The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
― The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.”
― The Outsiders
― The Outsiders
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