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Nothing wrong with being single when you can do as you please without objection or complaint.
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what you're so worried
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That's the kind of person she was, a cat-kicker. What a bitch.
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Why is it that other people's plans so often seem ill thought out while our own make so much sense? I
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Idly, I wondered what it'd be like to have a city street named after me. Kinsey Avenue. Kinsey Road. Not bad. I figured I could learn to live with the tribute if it came my way.
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Every violent death represents the climax of one story and an introduction to its sequel.
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this is the downside of intuition: when it feels so exactly right, other people's skepticism is infuriating.
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I don't know much about the Presbyterian faith, but the atmosphere alone was enough to put me off predestination.
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I should have reminded myself that people willing to cheat a little bit are generally dishonest throughout.
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I left him where he was and went down the hall to the kitchenette, where I picked up the coffeepot and filled it with water. I poured the water into the reservoir and then opened a packet of coffee, the grounds neatly sealed in a filter that I tucked into the basket. I flipped the switch and stood there until I could hear the gurgling begin.
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Shitting on a mouse is not expressly forbidden under California law.
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He'd set an eight-quart pan on the stove and the water had just reached a rolling boil. On the bottom of the pan there was a crumpled section of foil. I watched
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him add a quarter cup of baking soda, after which he placed the silverware in the bubbling water with the foil.
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Elmore Leonard,
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He'd set an eight-quart pan on the stove and the water had just reached a rolling boil. On the bottom of the pan there was a crumpled section of foil. I watched him add a quarter cup of baking soda, after which he placed the silverware in the bubbling water with the foil.
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I was startled out of my concentration by the sound of malicious hissing. Waddling toward me with remarkable speed were two huge white geese, their heads thrust forward, mouths open like snakes with their tongues protruding, emitting a terrifying sound. I gave a low involuntary cry and began to backtrack toward my car, afraid to take my eyes off them. They covered the ground between us at a pace that forced me into a run. I barely reached m..
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humor
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hard candies
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I'm an organism of the earth, a Taurus. I was never born of air, of water, or of fire. I'm a creature of gravity and I could feel the ground whisper. The same thing happens to me in old hotels when I'm staying on the twenty-second floor. I open a window and want to fling myself out.
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I'm not the kind of person who sentimentalizes nature. The outdoors, as far as I can see, is made up almost entirely of copulating creatures who eat one another afterwards.
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up. A singsong voice said, "At the sound of the tone, General Telephone time will be twelve o'clock, exactly." I burst out laughing and Althea looked at me."
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Death always leaves unfinished business in its wake, mysteries beyond fathoming, countless unanswered questions amid the detritus of life. All the stories forgotten, the memories lost.
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Why not? You've already interrupted my work." "Sorry about that, but here's the deal. I want to talk to the players in the case, but I have no cover story and no bargaining power. I can hardly pass myself off as a reporter." "Sure you can," she said. "People are more interested in talking than you'd think. I see it all the time when I'm trolling for interviews. Here's the trick. Imply you have the information and you're looking for confirma..
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It looks like Wendell sailed the boat as far as Winterset and then headed out toward the islands. He left the sails up. There was no big sea running, but with the storms coming through, the normal northwesterlies were countered by the hurricane effect. The Lord probably has a seven-knot hull speed, and with the right puff of wind it should have gone much farther. When they found the boat, it was stalled and drifting. The jib was backwinded,..
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What I've noticed though is that any attempt to trim out the dark matter takes away some of the good that was also buried in the muck.
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Really, the boys reminded me of puppies playing tug-of-war with an old sock. The
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envied. I gathered they'd just returned from some kind of bridge-oriented cruise in which baby slams and gourmet foods were served up in equal measure. Much talk of no-trump, double finesses, and Sheinwold, whose strategies they were
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As usual, when confronted with heights, my greatest fear was the irresistible urge to fling myself off.
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We live in a society piously concerned about the rights of criminals when their victims' lives have been trashed without any consideration of the price in pain and suffering.
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Sayss
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influenced, and I'd be corrupting his
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same cup he always carried, his perpetual bourbon and Coke.
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