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“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
“If my life wasn’t funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.”
― Wishful Drinking
― Wishful Drinking
“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 heard someone say once that many of us only seem able to find heaven by backing away from hell. And while the place that I’ve arrived at in my life may not precisely be everyone’s idea of heavenly, I could swear sometimes — I hear angels sing.”
― Wishful Drinking
― Wishful Drinking
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