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“The greatest compliments Ive ever received were complaints from readers that I made them stay up all night reading.”
“I guess what they say is true. Anything the government wants to hide, they stick it in New Mexico”
“He walked hesitantly toward her and then wrapped his arms around her in a gentle hug.You just looked like you needed one, he said.”
“I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.”
“In life you hoped to do what you could but mostly you did what you were told and that was the end of it.”
“Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant.”
“I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”
“Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.”
“One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve.”
“There are no gods, we are told, so I must make my own salvation.”
“There was a multitude of sexual scenarios, from asimple one-on-one couple fucking like bunnies to anoutright orgy with no less than eight people joined likeLEGOs.”
“When a woman submits to a man, it's the most precious gift she can give. Herself. Unreservedly. The man has to respect and honor that gift above all else. Even if he respects nothing else in the wo...”
“He is the complete opposite of her, or maybe just a completion of her.”
“I resented you for inserting yourself so fully into my life, and then one day I realized I couldn't imagine my life without you...”
“I sucked that smoke in and made it part of me, joined mystically with the universe right at that point, said Yes to drugs forever just by the unique hit I got from that one packet of fags Andy libe...”
“Yes, you may love them to death, but are they willing to love you to life?”
“We are the planet, fully as much as water, earth, fire and air are the planet, and if the planet survives, it will only be through heroism. Not occasional heroism, a remarkable instance of it here ...”
“What you believe matters, however. Its all anyone has to act on. And since what you do is who you are, your actions define you. If you dont believe anything is true simply because you cant logicall...”
“There's something very... I don't know; primitive, perhaps, about you, Gurgeh. You've never changed sex, have you?' He shook his head. 'Or slept with a man?' Another shake. 'I thought so,' Yay said...”
“Och, stop being so sensitive, Prentice; it isn't much fun getting old. One of the few pleasures that do come your way is to speak your mind... Certainly annoying your relatives is enjoyable too, bu...”
