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But he thought that if the world was layered with meaning, then she was the evidence, right here.

Because it's good for nothing," I said. keeping my eyes on Tommy. "Because one worthless piece of shit deserves another.

They follow meaningless, boring rules and live meaningless, boring lives." Ahh," I say. "Except for you, of course." That's right." Because you eat butter straight from the pan." She arches her eyebrows, like Hey, I call it like I see it. Whatever," I say. "I'm not going to eat Snoopy just to make a statement.

Wally was worse than any fairy-tale witch, and his trailer wasn't made of candy.

Three hot chicks for three hot chicks." "THEY'RE NOT CHICKS THEY"RE DUCKS!

Only Christmas is over, and there were no angels.

Enough with the angel bit," I said. "I'm not kidding. If the universe gave me you as my angel, then I deserve a refund.

The tooth emerged, like a great white whale," he said. "We alerted the press.

SnowAngel: why does she think anyone cares about this stuff? who in their right mind wants to be an entrepreneur? mad maddie: oh gee. I dunno. Bill Gates? SnowAngel: who's Bill Gates?

zoegirl: ohhhhh. i thought it was that only a few people like bunnies and trees, but everybody likes executive housing complexes. mad maddie: look at you, quoting the bunny! nice!

I quote from the Bible: thou shalt not let a sorority girl named Candy dictate anything about your personal lifestyle, or thou shalt turn into a pillar of salt.

Lauren Tarshis

Another cause, and probably more important, was the careless way the city

They're replacing them with plants that don't burn and can stop fires from spreading, like ice plants and aloe.

The grizzlies have to pass right through here on their way up to that dump,

Tell them I have the headache--no, the plague! I need something nice and contagious.

But Protestant countries such as England ignored it for official purposes.

Cartagena and the priest, watched the spectacle from their island prison.

The giant crabs, despite their horrifying appearance, became an essential source of food for the sailors.

On April 6, 1519, the king sent orders to another officer, Juan de Cartagena

orders that became the most controversial aspect of the entire expedition—to serve as the inspector general of the fleet

The giant coconut crab (Birgus latro) is the largest land-based arthropod:

distinguished by her triangular lateen sail (the name lateen came from the word "Latin"), borrowed from Arab vessels.

The wording ("to the greatest possible advantage to our estates")