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“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.”
― Tennessee Williams, Conversations With Tennessee Williams

“The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.”
― H. P. Lovecraft

“Any new corpses today?"
"None yet."
"Pity. I’m getting so I miss my morning coffee and corpse.”
― Ed McBain, Cop Hater

“You could hear the stereo from the downstairs neighbors just fine. They were playing Metallica. Playing isn't really the right verb for Metallica, I guess. Grinding, maybe. Extruding.”
― Rick Riordan, The Widower's Two-Step

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it.”
― Jeanette Winterson