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The Universe keeps track of our sins and exacts devious and repugnant punishments, like dates with unknown men.
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I was determined to run, but my body thought otherwise. (Kinsey Millhone)
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panic inspires gross errors in judgement (Kinsey Millhone)
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worry. For you, I prepare guisada de guilota ." "Wonderful. What's that?" "Is quail braised in tomatillo-chili sauce."
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There was a certain, subterranean moral code in play, but surely, I could think of a way around that old thing.
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Vegas tends to affect me that way, some combination of tension and dread to which my body responds with all the symptoms of incipient flu.
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Then I mouthed the sweetest four words in the English language: I told you so.
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Family's tough. It's like walking through a minefield, hoping you won't get blown to bits,
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Climp. After Sloan's death, the two boys decided to move in with their dad. Joey was in the same graduating class she was. His brother,
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should be relieved, but I'm pissed. The irony is that he's probably still going to dominate my life.
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Fifty percent of the local citizens are sympathetic and the other fifty are pissed as hell. Does the problem get solved? No, it does not.
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By doing nothing, Sloan's so-called friends had sealed her fate as surely as Fritz had with his gun. In hindsight, did any of them recognize the price she had paid for their passivity? Their failure to act was all the more damning for the ease with which they rationalized their behavior afterward.
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My dear, acting out is not the point because then the game would end. If I gave up the hope of reprisal, I'd forfeit the anger, which is better than pain.
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It wasn't about finding the right answer; it was about patience and diligence. I surrendered to the process, ascribing the same importance to this work as to anything else I did.
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I shrugged, remembering the many swats I'd endured at my Aunt Gin's hands. She always assured me she'd really give me something to cry about if I wanted to protest.
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Now and then when some dog set up a howl in the back, one or the other of the cats would appear to smile faintly.
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Pam is petite, a bristly little chihuahua of a human being. She is the only woman I ever met who claims to be ten years older than she actually is so everyone will tell her how young she looks.
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I was more pissed off in retrospect than I'd been at the time. I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.
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I hid the fold of paper in my bra, where I knew it would remain undisturbed.
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crayon. Age had given his face a softly
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As long as you have sufficient toilet paper, how far wrong can life go?
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thinks he either kept it in his desk drawer at work or in the glove compartment of his car." Odessa"
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All you have to do is wait until she's asleep
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There's something inherent in human nature that has us constructing narratives to explain a world that is otherwise chaotic and opaque.
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my mother died of an overdose of sleeping pills after extensive surgery so that the cause of death was probably listed as despair.
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Maybe life is just a straight shot from the horrors of grade school to the horrors of the nursing home.
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The studies I've seen suggest low levels of cortisol, which affects our ability to feel fear. Without fear, they have no concept of consequences." "Does"
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Contributing to the difference in my attitude was the fact that my rage had begun to bore me, and my long whiny tale of woe had become tedious even to my own ears. As much fun as I'd had being irate, the drama had become repetitive. I could probably still wring sympathy from a stranger, but the recital had taken on a certain rote quality that lacked energy and conviction.
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I'm always aware that under the spritely twitter of birds, bones are being crunched and ribbons of flesh are being stripped away, all of it the work of bright-eyed creatures without feeling or conscience. I don't look to nature for comfort or serenity.
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Springsteen and Julianne Phillips were married. The story moved from Patti Scialfa's early career to her current state of bliss and ended with gushings of the "they were clearly meant for each other" variety. Oh yeah, right. Like that marriage would last. I"
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Whenever Jehovah's Witnesses appear at my door, I always ask for their addresses first thing, assuring them that I'll be around later in the week to plague them with my views. While
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I'm chronically unemployed. Never had a job my whole life. None of my family did. I take that back. Once my daddy was hired on a construction crew for two weeks and two days. He said it was way more work than it paid. He maintained it was just one more way to take advantage of the poor.
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Maturity would have been a big help, but that didn't come until later.
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was adept, but it had been a while since
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wrote him off the day he left and so did Ellen and
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Here's a tip, Self. Do not argue with a lunatic. Arguing with a lunatic simply ensures that you'll climb into his craziness with him when what you want to do is take a big step back. He
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Except for cases that clearly involve a homicidal maniac, the police like to believe murders are committed by those we know and love, and most of the time they're right--a chilling thought when you sit down to dinner with a family of five.
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Get old, you might as well not worry about your dignity. Anybody talks about dignity for old folks has never been around one as far as I can tell. You can keep your spunk, but you have to give up your vanity early on.
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I can just about promise you Philip Marlowe was never as dainty as I.
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Being rule-governed, I operate in a world filled with imaginary restraints. I'm happiest when signs are posted. No spitting, no public urination, no walking on the grass. I might not obey, but at least I knew where I stood.
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traffic, but
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i'm happiest when signs are posted--no spitting, no public urination, no walking on the grass. i might not obey but at least i know where i stood.
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nothing wrong with a lie or two when the situation demanded it
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One of Henry's many endearing qualities is his interest in matters that are of interest to me.
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