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“I photograph the motherfucking life!”· Dark Lies the Island“Ireland is magical. England is ironical.”· Dark Lies the IslandKiss-me-quick· Dark Lies the Island“Lilac Wine”· Dark Lies the Island“Oh to be in England, in the summertime, with my love, close to the edge”· Dark Lies the Island“Summer of ’69”· Dark Lies the Island“That’s not a bad-looking day at all”· Dark Lies the Island“the mainland campaign”· Dark Lies the Island“The one thing you can’t be is fucking emotional”· Dark Lies the Island“the practice”· Dark Lies the Island“This is the story of a happy marriage”· Dark Lies the Island“thrun down”· Dark Lies the Island“When you are worried, that is when you are working”· Dark Lies the Island“He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling.”· The Maltese Falcon“I won’t play the sap for you”· The Maltese Falconthe black bird· The Maltese Falcon“The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter”· The Maltese FalconThe Maltese Falcon· The Maltese FalconNothing is permanent in this world· The NoseAll of our waste and all of our beauty· The Bluest EyeBeauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do· The Bluest EyeBlue eyes· The Bluest EyeCertain seeds it will not nurture· The Bluest EyeDeep Purple· The Bluest EyeDick and Jane primer refrain· The Bluest EyeLove is never any better than the lover· The Bluest EyePrecious Lord, Take My Hand· The Bluest EyeQuiet as it's kept· The Bluest EyeSee Jane· The Bluest EyeThe bluest eyes· The Bluest EyeWe were not strong, only aggressive· The Bluest EyeA long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right· Common SenseGovernment is a necessary evil· Common SenseGovernment is the badge of lost innocence· Common SenseIt is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies· Common SenseMonarchy is the Popery of government· Common SenseSociety is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness· Common SenseThe birthday of a new world is at hand· Common SenseThe cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind· Common SenseThe Law Is King· Common SenseThe palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise· Common SenseThe sun never shined on a cause of greater worth· Common SenseTime makes more converts than reason· Common SenseWe have it in our power to begin the world over again· Common Sense“The darkness is nothing to be afraid of. There are no monsters.”· The SonLove is a lottery, and the gods are laughing· The SonComparing love to an illness· The Son“A son’s responsibility isn’t to be like his father, but to be better than him”· The SonAnd he will come again to judge the living and the dead· The SonCompassion fatigue· The SonLittle Berlin· The Son“Love washes you clean”· The Son“Money can buy you champagne”· The SonOur residents attend many more funerals than you do· The SonPeople can change the way they look. But voices stay the same.· The Son“Punishing undesirable behaviour is my job”· The SonSchool’s out· The SonSelling one’s soul· The Son“Take the blame to save the ones they loved”· The Son“The age of mercy is over”· The SonThe child cried for both of them and would do so forever· The SonThings aren’t always how they appear· The Son“To err is human, to forgive is divine”· The SonYou can discover new things by changing your perspective and your location· The Son“You can only plan to survive”· The SonYou sink or swim, no one is going to do you any favours· The Son“You’ve touched her perfect body with your mind”· The Son“A museum housing a dead city”· The World According to GarpA novelist is a doctor who sees only terminal cases· The World According to Garp“An epilogue is more than a body count”· The World According to Garp“Between men and women, only death is shared equally”· The World According to Garp“Doing a Grillparzer”· The World According to Garp“Doing a Jenny Fields”· The World According to GarpDon't run into the street without looking· The World According to Garp“Either everything is a moral question or there are no more moral questions”· The World According to Garp“Every town is a small town”· The World According to Garp“Fiction has to be better made than life”· The World According to Garp“Getting banged at the cannons”· The World According to GarpHuman sexuality makes farcical our most serious intentions· The World According to Garp“I don’t blame you. I don’t blame me, either”· The World According to Garp“If people only told each other what was on their minds”· The World According to Garp“In the life of a man, his time is but a moment”· The World According to Garp“In this dirty-minded world, you are either somebody’s wife or somebody’s whore”· The World According to GarpKids are just perfect people until grownups get their hands on them· The World According to GarpLaughter is my religion· The World According to GarpLife After Garp· The World According to Garp“Lust makes the best of men behave out of character”· The World According to GarpMarcus Aurelius’s “dim rushlight” maxim· The World According to GarpMore fucking around in the garden· The World According to Garp“Most of you know who I am”· The World According to GarpSexual Suspect· The World According to Garp“The absence of sound”· The World According to Garp“The car is king”· The World According to Garp“The eye I can still see Walt with”· The World According to GarpThe pursuit of excellence is a lethal habit· The World According to GarpThe trick is to use the mess· The World According to GarpThe Under Toad· The World According to Garp“The world according to Garp”· The World According to GarpThe World According to Bensenhaver· The World According to GarpThe world is comic to those who think and tragic to those who feel· The World According to Garp