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Philip Elliott QUOTES

21 " And I left him there, this saver of lives. I left him on his knees peering into the eyes of a stranger he’d rescued from oblivion. "

― Philip Elliott , Hunger & Hallelujahs

22 " I got this cousin, Lamar,' he said. 'Total fool. And by fool I mean motherfucker wouldn't find water in a swimming pool. But, like all fools, he once spoke a sentence of true wisdom. We'd been talking about this brother, who had a certain . . . fondness for the kind of place you and I find ourselves in right now, and Lamar, in the midst of all his usual ignorant bullshit, said, "You got to be wary of a man who spends all his time watching titties bounce."' Floyd threw his head back and laughed. 'Shit still gets me. "

― Philip Elliott , Nobody Move (Angel City)

23 " I rubbed my eyes. They felt like they were coming loose. Soon they'd slip out of their sockets and I'd be left to wander blind and staggering this land of longing and ache. The
things I would have done for a hit. If that asshole who'd kicked me out onto the side of the road had offered me some dope I would have sucked anything he wanted, would have pleaded on my knees topless, would have let him plunge a hand through my ribs and tear out my heart, anything. "

― Philip Elliott , Hunger & Hallelujahs

24 " the end is the beginning
the beginning is the end
& we are all just fragments of a
dream "

― Philip Elliott , The Impending Heat Death of the Universe & Other Things That Stop Me from Caring

25 " you will always die
you will live forever
you are nothing & nobody
you are made of stars
— you will be forgotten "

― Philip Elliott , The Impending Heat Death of the Universe & Other Things That Stop Me from Caring

26 " They found a large suitcase and just about managed to fit the woman inside in the fetal position. Looking at her cramped in there, still as a doll, Eddie knew he'd crossed a line that could never be uncrossed. Shit, he'd be lucky to ever sleep again. "

― Philip Elliott , Nobody Move (Angel City)

27 " If Eddie had ever seen a more beautiful woman, he couldn't remember it. "

― Philip Elliott , Nobody Move (Angel City)

28 " By the time the guitar solo erupted into being, Dakota had her eyes closed, her hips swaying like the breeze and Eddie lost inside a bubble with her. There was something about her all right, and it wasn't the cocktails telling him that, either. "

― Philip Elliott , Nobody Move (Angel City)

29 " Merica ain’t nothin’ ’bout freedom, that’s a lie,” her ex-army cousin had told her once. “’Merica’s something that happens to you. Something you gotta survive. "

― Philip Elliott , Porno Valley