“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
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“It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“It is no easy matter to go to heaven by way of New Orleans. —REVEREND J. CHANDLER GREGG”
― Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
― Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
“To a born-again atheist like myself, it is clear that each of us has multiple selves, talents, perceptions. But to the Roman Catholic, unity is all.”
― At Home: Essays 1982-1988
― At Home: Essays 1982-1988
“New Orleans, it was often observed, was the first American metropolis to build an opera house, but the last to build a sewage system.”
― Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
― Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
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