“Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler”
“Like so many unhappinesses, this one had begun with silence in the place of honest open talk.”
“Anyone who needs more than one suitcase,” he said as he double-locked their door, “is a tourist, not a traveler.”
“could anyone know when an actor was true and not acting?”
“Les gens qui ont besoin de plus qu une valise ne sont pas de vrais voyageurs, ce sont des touristes.”
“A chance to sit quietly and find out who you are; where you've been and where you're going.”
“—Todo aquel que necesita más de una maleta —dijo mientras cerraba con dos vueltas de llave la puerta de su apartamento— es un turista, no un viajero.”
“They promised me you wouldn’t be hurt,” he said. “And you haven’t been, really. I mean, suppose you’d had a baby and lost it; wouldn’t it be the same? And we’re getting so much in return, Ro.”
“They gave Mrs. Cortez a check for five hundred and eighty-three dollars—a month’s rent in advance and a month’s rent as security—”
“I’d like to have a spice garden some day,” Rosemary said. “Out of the city, of course. If Guy ever gets a movie offer we’re going to grab it and go live in Los Angeles. I’m a country girl at heart.”
“Padded Wagon. The painters came on Wednesday the”
“The thing to do was kill it. Obviously.”
“Thinking you might be crazy can drive you crazy.”
“I have noticed that in a cramped space one's thoughts too tend to be cramped.”
“He can't face you on an adult level, so he comes along and fucks up your truck. Classic payback method for the tiny-dick type.”
“L'amore appena nato ha una visione a tunnel della realtà, la sua retina è uno schermo cinematografico, vede il mondo rifatto secondo la sua utopistica interpretazione.”
“demanding. His slightest touch had elicited sighs and murmurs of pleasure.”
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