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41 " Well," he said, " I think we've found our way in. We just wait until they're duking it out, but trust me, these Humans First types don't have a lot of staying power or they'd have been at the gym with me before. I doubt Grandma Kent there is going to do a lot of damage." He pointed at a gray-haired, hunched lady in a shawl, carrying what looked liked a gardening tool. " It's like Plants Versus Zombies, and I'm not rooting for the zombies, weirdly enough. "
42 " Is it okay to do something wrong if you're doing it to protect someone who deserves to be helped?" " That's an odd question Is there anything you need to tell me?" but I think sometimes you have to tell a white lie,. It's like when Grandma and Grandpa were here for the funeral. They didn't say a word about Grandpa being sick. They tried to protect us because they knew we had enough to deal with. I wondered if you thought they did the right thing by not telling us." Her mother let out a soft sigh. " You're right. We call it a white lie. We do that to protect the ones we love. I used to think it was totally wrong no matter what the reasoning was. Now I think I've changed my mind a bit." " No," Ele said, "
43 " What the fuck is legal in this universe? Stars eat each other, wolves eat the pigs, and Grandma fucks over Little Red Riding Hood. "
― Rawi Hage , Carnival
44 " A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing," Grandma says. " You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need... "
45 " Tell me my little children, what crime has this lizard committed that it must die this evening?” There was silence. In raising my head like a joke, I tried to laugh. That was the same time I realized that grandma was dead serious with us.Pg.26 "
― , Still Owing Me Goodbye
46 " I realized I still had my eyes shut. I had shut them when I put my face to the screen, like I was scared to look outside. Now I had to open them. I looked out the window and saw for the first time how the hospital was out in the country. The moon was low in the sky over the pastureland; the face of it was scarred and scuffed where it had just torn up out of the snarl of scrub oak and madrone trees on the horizon. The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon. I was off on a hunt with Papa and the uncles and I lay rolled in blankets Grandma had woven, lying off a piece from where the men hunkered around the fire as they passed a quart jar of cactus liquor in a silent circle. I watched that big Oregon prairie moon above me put all the stars around it to shame. I kept awake watching, to see if the moon ever got dimmer or the stars got brighter, till the dew commenced to drift onto my cheeks and I had to pull a blanket over my head. "
― Ken Kesey , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
47 " The dog ran into the kitchen, stuck his nose in Grandma's crotch, and snuffled.Dang," Grandma said. " Guess my new perfume really works. I'm gonna have to try it out at the seniors meeting. "
48 " Aren't you something," Grandma said. " I never saw a midget up close." " Little person," Briggs said. " And I never saw anyone as old as you up close, either. "
49 " My father hired you to protect me," Ahmed said, " not to go off chasing men." Grandma leaned forward, keeping her eye on the Taurus. " We think this guy killed Fred." " Who's Fred?" " My uncle," I told him. " He's married to Mabel." " Ah so you're avenging a murder in the family. This is a good thing. "
50 " Author's WarningIf you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cusswords as well as tasteful depictions of cannibalism and people in their forties having sex. Don't blame me. I told you. "
― Christopher Moore , The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (Pine Cove, #3)