Alan Moore · 173 pages
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“Please, don't go. It's lonely. There's a hole in my head as big as the world and it's so very lonely...”
“You have waged bitter and undeclared war upon the green, gutting the rain forests, mile after mile, day after day, but know this: the war has come home! It is man's turn to embrace the scythe.”
“Yes, of course, the whole idea is utterly inane, but to let its predictable inanities blind you to its truly fabulous and breathtaking aspects is to do both oneself and the genre a disservice.”
“It's raining in Washington tonight. Plump, warm summer rain that covers the sidewalks with leopard spots. Downtown, elderly ladies carry their houseplants out to set them on the fire-escapes, as if they were infirm relatives or Boy Kings. I like that.”
“Uglier than death backin' outta the outhouse readin' mad magazine and crazy as a football bat.”
“But how can she change a person like that? said Victoria.
She just can. I'd never have thought before, ever, that I could hate music and want to leave it behind, but now--
Lawrence Prewitt, said Victoria. Her voice was shaking, but she stood up and put on such a fierce dazzle that even Donovan seemed to wake up. Don't you dare ever start talking like that again, or when I get out of here, I'll leave you behind with the gofers. Lawrence smiled. I've missed your threats, Vicky.”
“It’s at your most lunatic moments that I can resist you least.”
“My father's hand found the door locked. His calls to my mother went unanswered. He beat with his fists and called out her name, again and again, tears burning from his eyes. By the time I had come in the front door, the cake in my arms, he had broken his way in and discovered she was dead.”
“You need someone to lift your spirits. You need someone to look you in the face and say, "This isn't the end. Don't give up. There is a better place than this. And I'll lead you there.”
“—Él es mi alma gemela, es mi mejor amigo. La única persona que realmente me conoce, cuando estoy con él, ya no pienso en todas esas cosas vacías, ya no pienso en el dinero, ni lo que piensen los demás. —Mis padres me miraron como si estuviera loca. —Desde que él entro a mi vida, siento que me he vuelto mejor persona, y yo sé que pase lo que pase él siempre va a aceptarme y no importa lo que pase, siempre voy a amarlo. Nada puede cambiar eso, no importa si me quitan todo lo que poseo, no lo voy a dejar.”
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