“... And you know what she does for living? She tells fortunes."
...
"What do you mean, she tells fortunes? Is she a commodity broker?”
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...
"What do you mean, she tells fortunes? Is she a commodity broker?”
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“He'd been obsessed for so long with Nora's unfitness for him that he'd failed to see that she might be perfectly suited to somebody else.”
― White Palace
― White Palace
“It seem to me there are certain things you don't have the right to forgive yourself for."
"You could always look at it from the Catholic stand-point. Peter denied his own best lover three times, and he certainly didn't go to hell for it."
"I'm not St. Peter." Max said. "And if Nora turn out to be Jesus Christ, we're all in deep trouble.”
― White Palace
"You could always look at it from the Catholic stand-point. Peter denied his own best lover three times, and he certainly didn't go to hell for it."
"I'm not St. Peter." Max said. "And if Nora turn out to be Jesus Christ, we're all in deep trouble.”
― White Palace
“It's about as comfortable as a roller-coaster."
"Oh? Do you fight?"
"We fight, all right."
"Who usually starts it?"
"Me."
"You? I find it hard to believe. What do you fight about?"
Max sighed. "I can't seems to accept her for what she is.”
― White Palace
"Oh? Do you fight?"
"We fight, all right."
"Who usually starts it?"
"Me."
"You? I find it hard to believe. What do you fight about?"
Max sighed. "I can't seems to accept her for what she is.”
― White Palace
“It was clear in certain ways why they were soaking their love affair in liquor. It eased the spots where their personalities scraped and softened their vision of each other, blurring their fundamental incompatibility.”
― White Palace
― White Palace
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