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“I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate inside me operating the levers of a life-size Oliver-shaped shell. A shell on which a decrepit picture show replays the same handful of images. Every night I come to the same place and wait till the sky catches up with my mood. The pattern is set. This is, no doubt, the end.”
― Submarine
― Submarine
“I spin around on the swivel chair and look up at the ceiling; Oliver being Oliver being Oliver being Oliver. I am suddenly aware of the separation between my-actual-self and myself-as-seen-by-others. Who would win in an arm wrestle? Who is better-looking? Who has the higher IQ?”
― Submarine
― Submarine
“God doesn't do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, "Can I be excused the Crucifixion?" No!”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
“Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.”
― Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
― Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
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