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“But around the time Manila heaves into view, a warm breeze springs up over the deck and all of the Marines sigh, as if they have all ejaculated in unison.”
― Cryptonomicon
― Cryptonomicon
“Jesus, Oscar, Rudolfo said nervously. You look like they put a shirt on a turd,”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“You can't say it wasn't interesting.”
― Life Itself
― Life Itself
“When you're young you don't realize that at every age you are always in the present, and in that sense no older;”
― Life Itself
― Life Itself
“Quite deliberately my friend drops a kettle on the floor. I tap-dance in front of closed doors. One by one the household emerges, looking as though they'd like to kill us both; but it's Christmas, so they can't.”
― A Christmas Memory
― A Christmas Memory
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