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“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
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“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”
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“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
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― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

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