“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
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― Women
“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
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― Kafka on the Shore
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.”
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― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
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― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
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