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The bar scene was perfectly cinematic

“A grown woman is like a coyote—she can get by on very little. Men are like house cats. Leave them alone for too long and they’ll die of sadness. Over the years I’ve grown to love men for this weakness.��

“But honestly, even in those darkest moments, the idea of anyone examining my naked corpse was enough to keep me alive.��

“I didn’t like dogs. Not because they scared me—they didn’t—but because their deaths were so much harder to take than people’s.��

this book is so much more "me" and suitable for my tastes than My Year of Rest and Relaxation

"It always peeved me when my flatness was met with good cheer, good manners. Didn’t she know I was a monster, a creep, a crone? How dare she mock me with courtesy when I deserved to be greeted with disgust and dismay?"

"’d mourn the lack of love and warmth in my life, wish upon stars for angels to come and pluck me from my misery and plunk me down into a whole new life, like in the movies. I was a sucker for the spirit of Christmas, as it was called."