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Daniel Polansky quotes: is not despair, nor melancholy destitution.

is not despair, nor melancholy destitution.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Mexico doesn't have an emperor." "That is Mexico's misfortune, for all of the greatest countries have emperors.

Mexico doesn't have an emperor." "That is Mexico's misfortune, for all of the greatest countries have emperors.

Daniel Polansky quotes: For a while a person is a junkie and a bartender or a junkie and a father or a junkie and a thief, but after a while he's just a

For a while a person is a junkie and a bartender or a junkie and a father or a junkie and a thief, but after a while he's just a junkie.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Every man and woman is distinct from every other. But every mob is the same mob, whether composed of mineworkers or monarchs.

Every man and woman is distinct from every other. But every mob is the same mob, whether composed of mineworkers or monarchs.

Daniel Polansky quotes: A lie was an admission of weakness, evidence that you needed to fear the target of your dishonesty.

A lie was an admission of weakness, evidence that you needed to fear the target of your dishonesty.

Daniel Polansky quotes: The rows of empty jugs had multiplied with the speed of caged rabbits.

The rows of empty jugs had multiplied with the speed of caged rabbits.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Our language has yet to develop a proper send-off for leaving a close friend's deathbed.

Our language has yet to develop a proper send-off for leaving a close friend's deathbed.

Daniel Polansky quotes: He was as happy as a pup on Christmas morning, as a maid on her wedding night, as a wolf before his bloody red supper.

He was as happy as a pup on Christmas morning, as a maid on her wedding night, as a wolf before his bloody red supper.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Evil is best served without a patina of hypocrisy.

Evil is best served without a patina of hypocrisy.

Daniel Polansky quotes: To exist without awareness, that was what you aimed at. Memories worn to irrelevance, the future equally insubstantial.

To exist without awareness, that was what you aimed at. Memories worn to irrelevance, the future equally insubstantial.

Daniel Polansky quotes: When bowing to the inevitable, it's best to do so low, and quickly.

When bowing to the inevitable, it's best to do so low, and quickly.

Daniel Polansky quotes: I never give anyone the benefit of the doubt when it comes to stupidity. People do very, very stupid things, and smart people more than most.

I never give anyone the benefit of the doubt when it comes to stupidity. People do very, very stupid things, and smart people more than most.

Daniel Polansky quotes: But then again what we seem to be is not always what we are.

But then again what we seem to be is not always what we are.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Were the best of friends. One of them was likely to kill the other before long.

Were the best of friends. One of them was likely to kill the other before long.

Daniel Polansky quotes: It's a dangerous thing, pretense. A man ought to know who he is, even if he isn't proud to be it.

It's a dangerous thing, pretense. A man ought to know who he is, even if he isn't proud to be it.

Daniel Polansky quotes: perhaps it is only that sometimes misery seems to ease when spread about, or that spreading it seems to provide some purpose to the misery.

perhaps it is only that sometimes misery seems to ease when spread about, or that spreading it seems to provide some purpose to the misery.

Daniel Polansky quotes: You got no business coming in here and playing the asshole.' 'I am an asshole, Sully. We haven't even scraped the surface yet.

You got no business coming in here and playing the asshole.'
'I am an asshole, Sully. We haven't even scraped the surface yet.

Daniel Polansky quotes: It's an odd fact about lunatics and junkies, but every one I'd ever met is just dying to share their life wisdom.

It's an odd fact about lunatics and junkies, but every one I'd ever met is just dying to share their life wisdom.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Experience does not necessarily lead to understanding,' the

Experience does not necessarily lead to understanding,' the

Daniel Polansky quotes: As far as immortality went, that was obviously not any sort of good at all. Who had ever met death without some partial measure of joy?

As far as immortality went, that was obviously not any sort of good at all. Who had ever met death without some partial measure of joy?

Daniel Polansky quotes: The sort of creature whose wildest fantasies were filled with ledgers that balanced perfectly, and rows of clocks chiming in eternal unison.

The sort of creature whose wildest fantasies were filled with ledgers that balanced perfectly, and rows of clocks chiming in eternal unison.

Daniel Polansky quotes: It is not enough to be intelligent,' Eudokia said, setting up the pieces for a second game. 'One must also be vicious.

It is not enough to be intelligent,' Eudokia said, setting up the pieces for a second game. 'One must also be vicious.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Duplicity was not the sole province of the capital, Bas knew, but the honest inheritance of the entire species.

Duplicity was not the sole province of the capital, Bas knew, but the honest inheritance of the entire species.

Daniel Polansky quotes: Thus far, the best that could be said for the day was that it was half over.

Thus far, the best that could be said for the day was that it was half over.

Daniel Polansky quotes: The body can decay right in front of you, go from a tool that expresses your will to an anchor dragging you down to hell.

The body can decay right in front of you, go from a tool that expresses your will to an anchor dragging you down to hell.