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Shawn Couto

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“I think you is barking up the wrong dog.”
― Roald Dahl, The BFG

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“...ill masters... are readier to chastise their scholars than to teach them.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

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“... a bullock, backing in alarm from the halter, crashed its craggy behind into my midriff. The wind shot out of me in a sharp hiccup, then the animal decided to turn round in the narrow passage, squashing me like a fly against the railings. I was pop-eyed as it scrambled round; I wondered whether the creaking was coming from my ribs or the wood behind me.”
― James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small

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“Booze, he thought. I chose booze over my Moonflower.”
― James McBride, Deacon King Kong

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“One other thing—she was always armed. Ossie May talked about her gun even more than she bragged about her cooking. Out of nowhere, she took me to the gun range. She finished one clip with her right hand then unloaded the other clip with her left hand. I certainly got the message. She was not to be messed with or messed over. I was scared straight by this woman.”
― Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar