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I decided I would teach Mrs. P. a lesson by cooking my own meal.

His wife is washed up against him, clinging lifelessly to his arm like seaweed, with no pretense of listening to the priest's small talk.

It used to be the smartest people didn't always want to be the richest people.

Goodbye, Earth! So long, you piece of crap, except for Italy.

Never trust an Italian. The Nazis did that, and look where it got them.

Two ghosts, briefly rescued from oblivion; a small act of reclamation, a chance to make amends.
-Paul Murray, SKIPPY DIES

I do not think my life would make a very interesting book,' I say. 'I feel I can speak with a certain amount of authority here.

Above the lot, the great pink hoop of the Ed's Doughnut House sign broadcasts its frigid synthetic light into the night,

I felt a bit like Dante, chancing upon one of his old acquaintances in the nth circle of hell.

I'll saw my hands off before I appear on stage with you and your Orchestra of Gays!' Dennis bellows. 'Do you hear me? I'll saw my hands off!

Most of the world's wrongs are caused by people taking themselves and their ideas too seriously.

Modern life is a centrifuge; it throws people in every direction.

This is the way they live now, like two actors in the final performances of a show no one comes to see anymore.

Capitalism needs war.

Sometimes the reason we do not see the answer is that we are looking too closely at the question.

I believe his lies, so he believes mine.' She turns and looks at me straight on. 'That's how it goes at the end of love.

Never frown even when ur sad, coz u never know whose falling in love with ur smile!

Prayer - Christian prayer - by its very nature is born out of an acknowledgment of need, out of an honest recognition of spiritual poverty.

If it's a choice between a difficult truth and a simple lie, people will take the lie every time. Even if it kills them.

Perhaps there simply is no grain of goodness in the heart of man, waiting to be brought to the light,

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.

Remington, for God's sake, stop burping.' 'It's my burp-day.

These daydreams persisted like an alternate life

Was it? I said cautiously, it having been my occasional habit to watch television in the drawing room without the encumbrance of trousers.