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“I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.”
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“I just gave up one day. Around the time the news about toxic shock came out. I thought, Fuck me, man, I give up. Come and get me.”
― Joe Jones
― Joe Jones
“he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they’d have no heart to start at all”
― All the Pretty Horses
― All the Pretty Horses
“Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes.”
― The Crossing
― The Crossing
“Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.”
― Winter's Bone
― Winter's Bone
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