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I went dancing. I drank Jameson on the rocks and ate potato skins in Irish bars and pizza joints. I did all the normal things I could think of.
“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.”
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
“I wish grace and healing were more abracadabra kind of things. Also, that delicate silver bells would ring to announce grace's arrival. But no, it's clog and slog and scootch, on the floor, in the silence, in the dark.”
― Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
― Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
“There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under.”
― Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
― Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
“As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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