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“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“he was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it. It”
― American Gods
― American Gods

“My mother sings One day at a time sweet Jesus, and even Daddy likes to say that, one day at a time, as if it’s some strategy for living. And yet the quickest way to not live at all is to take life one day at a time. It’s the way I’ve discovered to not do a damn thing. If you can break a day down into quarters, then hours, then half hours, then minutes, you can chew down any stretch of time to bite size. It’s like dealing with losing a man. If you can bear it for one minute, then you can swallow two, then five, then another five and on and on. If I don’t want to think about my life, I don’t have to think about life at all, just hold for one minute, then two, then five, then another five, before you know it, a month can pass and you don’t even notice because you’ve only been counting minutes.”
― A Brief History of Seven Killings
― A Brief History of Seven Killings

“Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird

“Woman breed baby, but man can only make Frankenstein.”
― A Brief History of Seven Killings
― A Brief History of Seven Killings

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