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His hands, swinging curve-fingered at his sides, looked like they were molded of brown clay by a sculptor who thought big and liked veins.
“A car pulls up at the corner and a girl in an Air France uniform with a trim, tailored skirt gets out. The car has diplomatic plates, and a pale, spent driver leans across to bid goodbye and close the door behind her. She runs, hobbled by the skirt, towards the broad glass front: AIR FRANCE. The night has ended.”
― Burning the Days: Recollection (Ambassador Book Awards)
― Burning the Days: Recollection (Ambassador Book Awards)
“Increasingly at Southern airports, instead of a “good-bye” or “thank-you,” cashiers are apt to say, “Have a blessed day.” This can make you feel like you’ve been sprayed against your will with God cologne. “Get it off me!” I always want to scream. “Quick, before I start wearing ties with short-sleeved shirts!”
― Calypso
― Calypso
“The fact that she had large firm breasts and was a Democrat made her the perfect woman for me.”
― A Confederate General from Big Sur / Dreaming of Babylon / The Hawkline Monster
― A Confederate General from Big Sur / Dreaming of Babylon / The Hawkline Monster
“Democracy had not solved the problem of building large-scale urban public works, so Moses solved it by ignoring democracy.”
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
“It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.”
― Hogfather
― Hogfather
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