

“There's a ghost in this house! An unquiet spirit!"
Unquiet spirit?" Shane said under his breath. "Is that politically correct for pissed off? You know, like Undead American or something?”
― Glass Houses
Unquiet spirit?" Shane said under his breath. "Is that politically correct for pissed off? You know, like Undead American or something?”
― Glass Houses

“Do you realize that all great literature — "Moby Dick," "Huckleberry Finn," "A Farewell to Arms," "The Scarlet Letter," "The Red Badge of Courage," "The Iliad and The Odyssey," "Crime and Punishment," the Bible, and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" — are all about what a bummer it is to be a ...human being?”
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“If people just took it a day at a time, they’d be a lot happier.”
― The Long Walk
― The Long Walk

“When the State withers, humanity flowers.”
― The Wanting Seed
― The Wanting Seed

“I’m not really a nerd; I only aspire to be one.”
― The Grownup
― The Grownup
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