

“You have a peace about you. You have a wisdom. You have a way of living life that kicks my butt and pushes me around, and it beats me out of my idiocy and narrow-mindness. You, Addy, you, have shown me what life is all about”
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―

“A cowboy doesn't ask for much, that's my observation. A flashy ride, a pretty girl, momentary glory...”
― So Brave, Young, and Handsome
― So Brave, Young, and Handsome

“Of course, the underlying structure of everything in England is posh. There is no in between with these people. You have to walk a mile to find a telephone booth, but when you find it, it is built as if the senseless dynamiting of pay phones had been a serious problem at some time in the past. And a British mailbox can presumably stop a German tank.”
― Cryptonomicon
― Cryptonomicon

“Between birth and burial, we find ourselves in a comedy of mysteries. If you don't think life is mysterious, if you believe you have it all mapped out, you aren't paying attention or you've anesthetized yourself with booze or drugs, or with a comforting ideology. And if you don't think life's a comedy - well, friend, you might as well hurry along to that burial. The rest of us need people with whom we can laugh.”
― Odd Apocalypse
― Odd Apocalypse

“I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
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