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1 " There's a quote from 'The Breakfast Club' that goes " We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it." I have it on a poster but I took a Sharpie to it and scratched out the word " hiding" because it reminds me that there's a certain pride and freedom that comes from wearing your unique bizarreness like a badge of honor. "
2 " If the pen is mightier than the sword, a sharpie must be plain deadly! "
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3 " I would like a cappuccino," says Linus politely. " Thank you." " Your name?" " I'll spell it for you," he says. " Z-W-P-A-E-N--" " What?" She stares at him, Sharpie in hand." Wait, I haven't finished. Double F-hyphen-T-J-U-S. It's an unusual name, Linus adds gravely. " It's Dutch. "
4 " At the door to the locker room Dime asks [Ennis] to autograph his ball. Ennis rears back. He's chuckling but his eyes are wary. 'Why you want that? I'm just an old equipment hand, nobody cares about my autograph.''As far as I'm concerned you run the team,' Dime answers, so Ennis laughs and takes the Sharpie and signs his name to Dime's ball, and this will be the only autograph that Dime collects today. "
― Ben Fountain , Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
