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“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“The usual deal: whatever’s going, if it pays, we’ll take it. Sorry state of affairs, but that’s how it is. Ain’t a kind or just ’verse, and nobody’s owed a living.”
― Big Damn Hero
― Big Damn Hero
“Extreme ironing.’ ‘What?’ ‘Oh, it’s a thing, I saw it on YouTube. Ironing in remote and dangerous locations. Mountain tops and so on.”
― Murder in the Library
― Murder in the Library
“Fair’s fair. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a candy for a candy, a penny for your thoughts.”
― Big Damn Hero
― Big Damn Hero
“Huh…? I cock my head like a dog watching Chris Farley get out of a bathtub.”
― Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches
― Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches
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