"Larry had brought me blue jeans, a red polo shirt, jogging socks, my white Nikes, an extra cross from my suitcase, the silver knives, the Firestar complete with inner pants holster, and the Browning and its shoulder holster. He'd forgotten a bra, but hey, except for that it was perfect."

-- Laurell K. Hamilton

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“Go and play. Run around. Build something. Break something. Climb a tree. Get dirty. Get in some trouble. Have some fun.”
“You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.”
“It doesn't take long to play with those guys. They're so good, they really help you out in all areas of the game and make it easy on you.”
“The only reaction against an unbearable society is equally unbearable nonsense.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1997). “Bodies of Work: Essays”, Serpents Tail
“Cath wished she didn't use the word "just" so much. It was her passive-aggressive tell, like someone who twitched when they were lying.”
“France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.'”
“Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.”
“Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the landscape surrounding the lake, so manageable. The leaves and the sand are so close, it's as if you might, if you wanted, pull them on over your head. And the lake always laps at the shore so gently, licking the hand you dip into it like a young dog, and the water is soft and shallow.”

Source : Jenny Erpenbeck (2011). “Visitation”, p.34, Granta Books

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