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“The thought of young people gazing in horror and repulsion at my sagging flesh and atrophied limbs does not hold strong appeal. I’m forty-three, and already they’re doing it.”
― Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
― Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
“Is it my fault they died,” she said, her eyes rooting around in his as though solace were something that could be stolen.”
― America Was Hard To Find
― America Was Hard To Find
“During the commute home came a dark possibility, a thought he felt trapped in the car with him. It was that he had always relied on his success to separate him from the time and people he’d manipulated to reach it.”
― America Was Hard To Find
― America Was Hard To Find
“I liked staying on the edge and avoiding contact between us. I felt like a drop of rain in a spiderweb, and I was careful not to slide down.”
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
“However, the Liberals and Conservatives differed over how to combat the spread of such appalling beliefs as “equality,” “fair pay,” and “democracy.” The Conservatives believed in coming down hard on them; this involved being curt with your campesinos, keeping them illiterate, and paying them a fixed wage of 150 pesos a week. The Liberals, on the other hand, believed in being jolly with your campesinos, teaching them to read bits of paper with instructions on them, and paying them a fixed wage of 150 pesos a week.”
― The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
― The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
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