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1 " Fools write books about madness being an elevated mental state or an alternative form of creativity. It's not, it's anguish. "
― Jonathan Kellerman , Breakdown (Alex Delaware, #31)
2 " outside, "
3 " Most people aren’t overly afflicted with curiosity. It separates the creative and the tormented from the rest of the pack. — "
4 " an old French recording of Ida Presti, possibly the greatest guitarist who ever lived, "
5 " Freckles of blue sky sparked through the green-black of old growth. "
6 " her to "
7 " Yadda yadda yadda, as Lenny Bruce would say. "
8 " and he was at his computer, hunting-and-pecking like a studious rhino. "
9 " black hair slicked but rebellious, white sideburns shaggy and mal-trimmed (“let’s hear it for skunk stripes”), "
10 " soothing: re-press of an old French recording of Ida Presti, possibly the greatest guitarist who ever lived, and her husband Alexandre Lagoya, pairing on Debussy’s “Clair de Lune. "
11 " except sociopaths trying to sell me term insurance, home security, and lawn care. "
12 " his name? "
13 " Truth and logic could serve as springboards for psychosis. "
14 " once a week and doesn’t do much when he is there. "
15 " He was like one of those dog breeds that needs to work. "
16 " does Ms. Garcia hang "
17 " There’s profit in law enforcement?” “I was thinking spiritually.” — "