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1 " If you're going to be a narcissistic schmuck, kid, don't bother studying Faulkner. Go straight to Brett Easton Ellis. He's the role model you need. "
― Arinn Dembo
2 " It was June in Maharashtra, and the monsoon would not come. The whole district lay panting in the heat, the burning sky clapped tight overhead like the lid of a tandoor oven. Lean goats stumbled down the narrow alleyways, udders hanging slack and dry beneath them; beggars cried for water in every village. Dust-devils swept over baked clay and through the dry weeds, whistling and shrieking. Hot sand blew into the eyes of torpid bullocks as they leaned into the yoke, whips snapping over their bony backs. A single stream crept along the valley floor, shrunken and muddy, and women stood ankle deep in its shallows, beating their laundry against rocks that rippled and danced in the sun. "
― Arinn Dembo , Monsoon and Other Stories
3 " Privilege: the belief that because a dog has been carefully trained not to bite YOUR ass, that is has no teeth. "
4 " I applaud the needlessly beautiful in all things. "
5 " On the one hand, I don’t know a single person who says, “Yay! Purim is my favorite holiday!” On the other hand, if there’s any holiday concept more Jewish than “Here’s the awful story of what happened to your great-great-grandmother. Have a cookie.” I don’t know what it is. "
6 " You can dump him in a car.You can dump him in a bar.You can dump him here or there.You can dump him anywhere.You can dump him with a text.He should be your future ex. "
7 " What makes a scientist a "Mad Scientist"? A lack of desire to publish, mainly. "
