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Maybe it was high time experts, folk who knew what to do, were telling people what to do, rather than folk lucky enough to be born rich enough to buy, photogenic enough to win, or crooked enough to steal a bag of votes?
“Able to pass in any situation as may be required,” she says. “I get it all. Brazilian, Filipina, Mediterranean, Eurasian. Or just a really tan White girl with exotic-looking eyes. Everywhere I go, people think I’m one of them. They want to claim me for their tribe.”
― Interior Chinatown
― Interior Chinatown
“One can’t found a novel theology on Nothing, and nothing is so secure a foundation as a contradiction.”
― Shadow & Claw
― Shadow & Claw
“Saloninus’ Third Law: every human being is capable of an infinite quantity of work, so long as it’s not the work he’s supposed to be doing.”
― Under My Skin
― Under My Skin
“I’ve been calling it him, but so what? Go back and change the pronouns for yourself, if they offend you.”
― The Long Game
― The Long Game
“Stealing for a living is like falling off a roof. For a while, you sail along, exhilarated by the slipstream, free as a bird and twice as fast through the air, and then you hit something and it’s suddenly no good at all.”
― Under My Skin
― Under My Skin
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