“Time’s a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?” Scotty shook his head. “The goon won.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”
― Women
― Women
“Singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain. And it's such a fucking glorious feeling. An unexpected downpour and I am just giving myself into it. Because what the fuck else can you do? Run for cover? Shriek and curse? No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it because if you can make yourself happy in the rain, then you're doing pretty alright in life.”
― Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
― Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
“It wasn’t my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it.”
― Pulp: Charles Bukowski's Final Hardboiled Noir Comedy – Lady Death, Aliens, and the Absurd
― Pulp: Charles Bukowski's Final Hardboiled Noir Comedy – Lady Death, Aliens, and the Absurd
“Bina and Landsman were twisted together, a braided pair of chromosomes with a mystery flaw. And now? Now each of them pretends not to see the other and looks away.
Landsman looks away.”
― The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Landsman looks away.”
― The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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