Frank Miller · 208 pages
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“Hell’s waking up every goddamn day and not even knowing why you’re here.”
“Worth dying for. Worth killing for. Worth going to hell for.Amen.”
“I’ll stare the bastard in the face as he screams to God, and I’ll laugh harder when he whimpers like a baby. And when his eyes go dead, the hell I send him to will seem like heaven after what I’ve done to him.”
“When you got a condition, it's bad to forget your medicine.”
“I check the list. Rubber tubing, gas, saw, gloves, cuffs, razor wire, hatchet, Gladys, and my mitts.”
“She smells like angels ought to smell, the perfect woman... the Goddess. Goldie. She says her name is Goldie.”
“Dames. Sometimes all they got to do is let it out and a few buckets later there's no way you'd ever know.”
“I love the rain. It helps me think.”
“Better to stop one paddle short than one too far.”
“Leaders who doubt that success is possible and who fear the worst should immediately change their attitude or resign so a true leader can take their place.”
“For what benefit is beauty, the greatest blessing of heaven, if it be mixed with affectation? What youth, if corrupted with the severity of old age? Lastly,”
“My body filled with relief, and I suddenly craved more of Austin, as if he weren’t just a cracker, but a Ritz.”
“The Surprise Attack. This is when you think someone scaring you will frighten the hiccups away. Of course, popping a paper bag behind you or clapping in your ear isn’t going to cut it. No, this only works when somebody shoves you off a tall skyscraper ledge into a properly rigged-up safety net forty stories below.”
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