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“There are people who can make us laugh even when they don't intend to, largely because their very presence pleases us, and so it's easy enough to set us off, simply seeing them and being in their company and hearing them is all it takes, even if they're not saying anything very extraordinary or are even deliberately spouting nonsense, which we nevertheless find funny.”
― Los enamoramientos
― Los enamoramientos
“People like you must create. If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“An animal of only instinct, Johnny Ferret, has in his actions drama, but no theater; theater requires that you draw a circle around the action and observe it from outside the circle; in other words, self-consciousness is theater.”
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“There's a saying,' Dad said. 'When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras...' 'YOU look for horses,' I said. 'While you spent your whole life at work, me and Mom were having the best, funnest time ever. Mom and I lived for each other. She wouldn't do anything CLOSE to getting drunk and walking next to a ship's balcony because it would mean she might never see me again. That you think she would shows how little you know her. YOU look for horses, Dad.”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“None of what's become of me was Seattle's fault. Well, it might be Seattle's fault. The people are pretty boring. But let's withhold final judgment until I start being more of an artist and less of a menace.”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
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