"Growing in poverty imparted a certain DNA in the life of their children."

-- Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

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“Never underestimate the power of the dark side.”
“Take some very deep breaths," Miranda said. "Relax. Concentrate. Then envision a frosty six-pack and wiggle your pinky." A frosty six-pack. Kylie inhaled. He held out her pinky, and right then Della chimed in. "We are talking a six=pack of soda, not a cold guy with good-looking abs, right?" There was a strange kind of sizzle in the air. And suddenly appearing in front of the refrigerator was a shirtless, shivering guy with great abs. His blue eyes studied the three of them in complete bafflement. "What the...!" he muttered. Kylie gasped. Miranda giggled. Della snorted with laughter.”
“Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.”
“The joy of late love is like green firewood when set aflame, for the longer the wait in lighting, the greater heat it yields and the longer its force lasts....”
“The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more.”
“Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently.”

Source : Nelson Algren (2010). “A Walk On The Wild Side”, p.26, Canongate Books
“Lack of conditioning will make a coward of us all.”
“I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.”

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