Denial is also the weirdest stage of grief because it so closely mimics stupidity.
“It shouldn’t be the Centers for Disease Control. It should be the Centers for Disease Observation and Reporting. That’s what they do well.”
― The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
― The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
“Perhaps even more than he hated environmental laws, Menard hated labor unions. “The Manager’s income shall be automatically reduced by sixty percent (60%) of what it would have been if a union of any type is recognized within your particular operation during the term of this Agreement,” read an employment contract managers were required to sign. “If a union wins an election during this time, your income will automatically be reduced by sixty percent (60%).”
― The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
― The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
“Though Menard believed himself a self-made man, he and the company he controlled craved corporate welfare. After”
― The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
― The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
“Escape at Dannemora.”
― Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them
― Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them
“Two's description of reading Lord of the Flies for school:
It is only 208 pages, I have already read it, and it is not very interesting. It is by William Golding who won an award for showing that boys are mean and badly behaved, even somewhere nice like the beach. This seems like something anyone in the entire world who has ever met a boy could tell you, but they gave William Golding a Nobel Prize for it.”
― One Two Three
It is only 208 pages, I have already read it, and it is not very interesting. It is by William Golding who won an award for showing that boys are mean and badly behaved, even somewhere nice like the beach. This seems like something anyone in the entire world who has ever met a boy could tell you, but they gave William Golding a Nobel Prize for it.”
― One Two Three
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