“He had a .45 caliber mind in a cannonball-sized skull.”

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“She was drunk and dizzy with anticipation for his touch. Mostly it was the tequila.”

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“You have nothing to fear but death. If you learn to welcome death nothing and no one can harm you, since death is the worst thing that can happen to you.”

“What about people telling me I’ll beg for death?”

“They are desperate because they know they can’t win.”

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“Does oregano come from Oregon?””

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“Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut. That’s how you avoid swallowing gnats.”

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“He was so committed to his work that he was committed.”

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“‘Life is a journey, where everyone ends up getting sidetracked,’ he said.”

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“Never throw the bathwater away with the baby. You may be caught in a desert where it may become something you wish you had. It’s more important than keeping the baby in a desert, even if you could eat it.”

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“His was a noble face that contained an ignoble mind and thoughts of many colors all of which were black.”

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“There are the Mundanes, the Tuesdanes, and then there are just the plain Danes.”

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