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“I drank the rest of the sours and had dark sticky dreams. My mother had cut me open and was unpacking my organs, stacking them in a row on my bed as my flesh flapped to either side.”
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“People who have lived together for many generations share a special kind of madness.”
― The Last House on Needless Street
― The Last House on Needless Street

“Romantic souls seeking real beauties go to the small shops of small towns, not to the big shops of big cities!”
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“Doesn't every town in America have an old-timer called The Professor? That duffer who knows everything and everybody, as long as they are dead.”
― The Water Museum
― The Water Museum

“Do you believe a place can have its own distinct rhythm? I do. Just as surely as the pulling of tides. Just as meaningful as a beating heart. And just as mysterious as the throaty purr of a well-stroked cat. I believe every place has its own unique rhythm. And I believe we are either in or out of sync with it.”
― The Rhythm of Selby
― The Rhythm of Selby
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