“She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.”
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“I can see the…seams where they’re put together. And, almost, see the apparatus inside them take the words I just said and try to fit the words in here and there, this place and that, and when they find the words don’t have any place ready-made where they’ll fit, the machinery disposes of the words like they weren’t even spoken.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“Life turns on a dime. Sometimes towards us, but more often it spins away, flirting and flashing as it goes: so long, honey, it was good while it lasted, wasn’t it?”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“We'd just shared the last beer and slung the empty can out the window at a stop sign and were just waiting back to get the feel of the day, swimming in that kind of tasty drowsiness that comes over you after a day of going hard at something you enjoy doing -- half sunburned and half drunk and keeping awake only because you wanted to savor the taste as long as you could.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“They're always looking forward to going places they're just coming back from, or regretting doing things they haven't yet done. They say hello when they mean goodbye.”
― Time's Arrow
― Time's Arrow
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