

“Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves

“Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complimentary moist lemon-scented cleansing square or handy freshen-up wipette. Language is the breath of God, the dew on a fresh apple, it's the soft rain of dust that falls into a shaft of morning sun when you pull from an old bookshelf a forgotten volume of erotic diaries; language is the faint scent of urine on a pair of boxer shorts, it's a half-remembered childhood birthday party, a creak on the stair, a spluttering match held to a frosted pane, the warm wet, trusting touch of a leaking nappy, the hulk of a charred Panzer, the underside of a granite boulder, the first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean girl, cobwebs long since overrun by an old Wellington boot.”
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“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”
― Going Postal
― Going Postal

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
― Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
― Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
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