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It is not only grief that makes writing in the time of genocide a torturous task; it is, more so, one’s recognition of the written word as shamefully insufficient in the face of 2,000-pound bombs.
“no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.”
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― Wishful Drinking
“Mike Nichols used to say we were two flowers, no gardener. No one was minding the relationship.”
― Wishful Drinking
― Wishful Drinking
“name was Tom Smith and he had performed so many marriages he could recite the service in his sleep. Sometimes he did and his wife would lie in bed and listen to him, the whole service through, comforted that someone could know the words of love by heart.”
― Skylight Confessions
― Skylight Confessions
“Let's say something happens, and from a certain slant maybe it's tragic, even a little bit shocking. Then time passes and you go to the funny slant, and now that very same thing can no longer do you any harm.”
― Wishful Drinking
― Wishful Drinking
“I make them bald, I turn them gay, my work is done!”
― Wishful Drinking
― Wishful Drinking
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