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I know the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful time for lonely people once their loneliness has started. Ernest Hemingway
Come, come, come? I'm not asking for hundreds of pounds, just a little to start with. Will someone say ten shillings?' 'I can say it, Father' said Milligan, 'but I haven't got it.' 'I've got it,' thought Dr Goldstein, 'but I'm not going to say it. Spike Milligan
It's not about knowing who you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Every step you take is forever. You can't make it go away. None of it. Cormac McCarthy
I must congratulate myself, in passing, for never having lost the ability to examine my conscience, never having lost the gift of finding myself wanting & defective. Why fear the criticism of others when you, yourself, are first out of the critical gate? If self-denigration is the race I am the winner, even before the starting gun. Collect the bets. Frank McCourt
Douglas Adams quote: "Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and..."
Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up. Douglas Adams
My Saturday Night. My Saturday night is like a microwave burrito. Very tough to ruin something that starts out so bad to begin with. Michael Chabon
William Least Heat-Moon quote: "You never feel better than when you start feeling good after..."
You never feel better than when you start feeling good after you've been feeling bad. William Least Heat-Moon
Janet Evanovich quote: "Maybe next time we just open the door and start out with some..."
Maybe next time we just open the door and start out with some bitch slapping. Janet Evanovich
Judith Krantz quote: "GIRLS MAY START OUT SMART BUT NOT ALL GIRLS STAY SO DAMNED..."
GIRLS MAY START OUT SMART BUT NOT ALL GIRLS STAY SO DAMNED SMART.. Judith Krantz
For both of us, I think, it had to do with our weakened power to love. It is strange that enslavement should have that effect – not just the fantastic degradation, not just the fear and the boredom and all the rest, but also the layered injustice, the silent injustice. So all right. We’re back where we started. To you, nothing – from you, everything. They took it from me, it seems, for no reason, other than that I value it so much. Martin Amis
Will this long presidency of George W. Bush ever be over? Living through it is starting to seem like some ghastly, upsetting novel in which the hero is the country, and the president is this disturbing, pig-headed, oblivious villain who makes things worse and worse and worse. Christopher Durang
It is at work everywhere, functioning smoothly at times, at other times in fits and starts. It breathes, it heats, it eats. It shits and fucks. What a mistake to have ever said the id. Gilles Deleuze
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired..."
Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice. Barbara Kingsolver
If I had my wilderness, nature could be my lover. What can I do in the paved streets for my thirsty roots? I waste time. I encourage fools. I slip the vital hours into penny slot machines -- to pass time, to start my stuck wheels only love can oil. Elizabeth Smart
Then the trembling starts to get worse. This must be how they begin, he thinks. Freak-outs. Breakdowns. Crack-ups. Eventually shut-ins and finally cross-offs. But first the cover-up . . . Ken Kesey

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