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“Careful there, Poet. I might start to believe you.”
“There is no greater power on this earth than story.”
“Beliefs converge and become something new all the time.”
“Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry.”
“. . . chasing after words like trying to grab the tails of comets.”
“People always fear what they don't understand, Evangeline. History proves that.”
“The wind swoops over the tenements on Orchard Street, where some of those starry-eyed dreams have died and yet other dreams are being born into squalor and poverty, an uphill climb. It gives a slap...”
“Any good world would allow for us to have free will, yes?" he continued. "Can we agree to this point? But once human beings have free will, they also have the ability to make choices - and commit e...”
“Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones.”
“The police have asked for my help. There's been a murder.""A murder! Oh, my. Let me just change my shoes," Evie said excitedly. "It won't be a minute.”
“Could I have a Sloe Gin Fizz, without the gin?""What's the point of that, Miss?" the waiter said."Tomorrow morning," Mabel said.”