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“His name is Jed,” he said. “He’s in pre-law at Rice University. That’s all I know, except that he’s probably straight.” The landlady gave him a sly smile. “That’s what he told you? He’s probably straight?” He laughed. “Well, he’s currently in love with Bruce Springsteen, so I just assumed he was.”
― Back to Barbary Lane
― Back to Barbary Lane
“One of the people I voted for this morning was named Lee Botts. Her campaign slogan is HER BOTTOM LINE IS CLEAN WATER. Someone tampered with the sign she had in front of the school, and now it reads LEE BOTTS. HER BOTTOM IS CLEAN.”
― Theft by Finding: Diaries
― Theft by Finding: Diaries
“You’re the man now,” she said to me after my father died, “you’re the man.” Then she turned to Popeye, our calico tom, and said, “You’re the cat now, Popeye, you’re the cat,”
― Barrel Fever
― Barrel Fever
“So banks and governments are cleaning up their ledgers after years of abuse. Everyone owes too much, is the consensus, and we’re in for a few years of pain. But Faye thinks: Okay. That’s probably the way it ought to be. That’s the natural way of things. That’s how we’ll find our way back. This is what she’ll tell her son, if he asks. Eventually, all debts must be repaid.”
― The Nix
― The Nix
“He was drinking and contemplating his fear. It seemed to him that he had been afraid all his life, but in recent years, or so it seemed, he had learned how to take a step into his fear, how to take the action which frightened him most (and so could free him the most). He did not do it always, who could? but he had come to think that the secret to growth was to be brave a little more than one was cowardly, simple as that, indeed”
― Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968
― Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968
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