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with the yellow fingers from the coffin nails they smoked

A memory so clear, so wonderful, so beyond the bounds of possibility. I know it. My head is as clear as a glass.

Dedication Epigraph

Manchmal war sie sich nicht sicher, wer die größere Macke hatte: der Autor, der sich diesen kranken Mist ausdachte, oder sie, die sie sogar Geld dafür bezahlte, um es sich mit Axtmördern und Psychopathen am Pool gemütlich machen zu können.

Es (das T-Shirt) hing ihm auf Halbmast über einem kalkweißen, schuppigen Bauchstreifen, der sich wie ein toter Fisch über dem Jeansbund wölbte.

The most important part of individual life, which cannot be subsumed in communal life, is love. So comradeship has its special weapon against love: smut.

it would probably be more correct, and certainly more important, to see not capitalism but individualism as the opposite of socialism.

The literature on Hegel is fond of representing him as someone who had very particular ideas and opinions. That is not only false; Hegel would have found it embarassing.

8. The Cat Who Lived in the Palace The cat who lived in the Palace had been awarded the head-dress of nobility and was called Lady Myobu.

And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.

Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial.

We're not here to discuss Maleficent! Her story is too long and complicated to debate in the time we have left...

No," said James with a smile. "But I am the pirate from my story.

Victory is temporary, but joy is eternal. Grateful for all of the joyful moments, big and small.

I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.

And the simple people are trash. A herd of sheep that are good for shearing, but sometimes it's more profitable to slaughter them.

As she conceived it, tea had to be as black as tar and as strong as a sinner's conscience. Or the other way around. As black as that conscience and as strong as tar. And sweet.

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.

I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.

I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.

Love. It has always seemed to me that love is a combination of lust and pity. (...) I've got to have some feelings of pity for a girl to love her. She's got to have a fragile quality of some sort.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

On the contrary, there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks. And there is something of dignity in the way his trousers cling to those most English parts of him.

Your quarrel is with God. I merely wish to offer Him the opportunity to judge you.