“I have a similar affection for the parenthesis (but I always take most of my parentheses out, so as not to call undue attention to the glaring fact that I cannot think in complete sentences, that I think only in short fragments or long, run-on thought relays that the literati call stream of consciousness but I still like to think of as disdain for the finality of the period).”
― Take the Cannoli
― Take the Cannoli
“I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.”
― Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
― Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“I've been thinking with my guts since I was fourteen years old, and frankly speaking, between you and me, I have come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity
“Fish cannot carry guns.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
― The Gunslinger
― The Gunslinger
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