

“Woman's life today is tending more and more toward ... 'Zerrissenheit'--torn to pieces-hood. She cannot live perpetually in 'Zerrissenheit.' She will be shattered into a thousand pieces.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea

“Always pat fish dry before cooking.”
― Joy of Cooking
― Joy of Cooking

“The days seemed to stretch out toward infinity, blank and humid, without purpose, and at night I was kept awake by the endless drone of mosquitoes and helicopters. (Why wars must be contested under such conditions I shall never understand. Is not death sufficient?)”
― Tomcat in Love
― Tomcat in Love

“It never was any better, it never will be any better. It will only be richer or poorer, sadder but not wiser, until the very last day.”
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
― A Canticle for Leibowitz

“Shake your business up and pour it. I don't have all day.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
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