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And just like the Taviano boy, he expected to find the deadly interloper in the magnificent dappled sea of marrow, the large purple blast cell of leukemia.
“We are so lonely because we don’t have enough friends and relatives. Human beings are supposed to live in stable, like-minded, extended families of fifty people or more.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“It had never crossed her mind that sending your child to school would be like going back to school yourself.”
― Big Little Lies
― Big Little Lies
“In the Midwest “interesting” is inevitably negative. It functions as a euphemism for incomprehensible, horrendous, or even fucking stupid.”
― The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska
― The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska
“I don't believe in that - the husband and wife having to be just alike. I think it's better if they kind of offset each other. Like if they have these different dimensions they can bring to each other.”
― The Spectacular Now
― The Spectacular Now
“I guess when you are young, you believe that you will meet many people with whom you'll connect with, but later in life you realize it only happens a few times.”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
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