“Sure, they all have iPods, smartphones, whatever. Generally speaking, it’s in our own best interest to keep some kind of electronic device in their hands. Otherwise they might talk to us.”
“It’s not the flying that’s the hard part; it’s the landing.”
“The past has a will of its own. It wants to be heard.”
“why worry about the monster beneath the bed when a very real bogeyman sleeps on top of it?”
“I know you have a past, but personally, I’m vested in our future.”
“I’d clawed my way back to the land of the living. Because of Vero. She needed me.”
“asked Thomas; it’s just him and me and has been for a very long time. We tell each other we are”
“look at him. But I can’t. Too many things are exploding in my head, and the memories are both simpler and more horrible”
“couloir étroit en l’aidant à contourner les obstacles, à savoir les camés en”
“chore. You didn’t like me doing”
“Because what is love if not an exercise in faith.
Because what is love if not perseverance.
Because what is love if not forgiveness.”
“As he finally stopped fighting sleep, he wondered if maybe just occasionally the gods designed a woman fit for a king or a prince and then gave her to an ordinary man. Maybe they did such a thing once in a while, knowing an ordinary man would treasure her more, love her better. Maybe they even let him keep her — for a while.”
“Now toasted cheese is a temptation few men can resist, be they charcoal burners or kings. John Uskglass reasoned thus: all of Cumbria belonged to him – therefore this wood belonged to him – therefore this toasted cheese belonged to him.”
“The choice to give up bitterness is not easy, but it is simple: peace or poison. And don't wait until you feel like making it. You never will.”
“None other than Malcolm Ericson, drummer for worldwide renowned rock group Stage Dive, had somehow shacked up with my sister. My quiet, calm, color-within-the-lines-or-else sister.”
“And I do, god, how I do love playing live, it's the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs. So if you see a good live show on drugs and then later that evening have sex, you're basically covered all the bases of energy release, and we all need to let off steam. It's easier and safer than protesting abortion clinics or praising God or wanting to hurt your brother; so go to a show, dance around a bit and copulate.”
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