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Delaney Parr
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read in August 2010
Delaney Parr said:
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A riot from start to finish. Outrageous, silly, irreverent, at times repugnant...snippets of life rendered in an incisive, crazy way that had me laughing out loud throughout - and that takes quite a bit.
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“I hate you' she said to me one afternoon. 'I really, really hate you.' Call me sensitive, but I couldn't help but take it personally.”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
“I suspect that I am the result of particularly weak conception on the part of my father. His sperm was probably emitted in a rather offhand manner.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“Boys who spent their weekends making banana nut muffins did not, as a rule, excel in the art of hand-to-hand combat.”
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
“She wore a gown the color of storms, shadows, and rain and a necklace of broken promises and regrets.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“It was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight. When asked about my new look he put down his fork and stared at me for a few moments. "A bow tie announces to the world you can no longer get an erection.”
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