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Now instead of being “weird,” my inability to carry on an appropriate conversation was suddenly labeled a “painfully devastating and incurable medical disability that torments both the victim and those around her.” By me, that is. My ...more
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Tom Waits
“Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.”
Tom Waits

S.J. Perelman
“The main obligation is to amuse yourself.”
S.J. Perelman

Oscar Wilde
“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
Oscar Wilde

Criss Jami
“When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.”
Criss Jami, Killosophy

Thomas Pynchon
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

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