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“But don’t hit me,” she said quickly. “I’m so afraid of getting hurt—especially here.” She put her hands under her breasts and pushed them up.
“You must direct the fire and movement of the entire element and resist the instinct to become just another gun in the fight.”
― The Terminal List
― The Terminal List
“The largest secessionist page, “Heart of Texas,” was among the Russian propaganda sites that Facebook shut down; it had more followers than the official Texas Democrat and Texas Republican party Facebook pages combined.”
― God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
― God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
“To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we’ll see on the other side. Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers.” “Until Valhalla, Freddy.”
― True Believer
― True Believer
“Nothing evokes the end of the world more than a man running straight ahead on a beach, swathed in the sounds of his walkman . . . Primitives, when in despair, would commit suicide by swimming out to sea until they could swim no longer. The jogger commits suicide by running up and down the beach. His eyes are wild, saliva drips from his mouth. Do not stop him.”
― America
― America
“One can drive across Texas and be in two different states at the same time: AM Texas and FM Texas. FM Texas is the silky voice of city dwellers in the kingdom of NPR. It is progressive, blue, reasonable, secular, and smug—almost like California. AM Texas speaks to the suburbs and the rural areas—Trumpland. It’s endless bluster and endless ads. Paranoia and piety are the main items on the menu. Alex Jones is Texas’s main contribution”
― God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
― God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
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