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1 " Sarcasm is such a handy device to communicate so much while saying so little. "
― Bobby Adair , Bleed (Slow Burn #6)
2 " he exuded those two most important of leadership characteristics: passion and certainty. Too bad people readily accepted that combination as a valid replacement for competence. History is littered with the fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were passionate, certain, and wrong. "
3 " Our first real chance at peaceful sleep, at safety, lay out in west Texas, and "
4 " The problem with any utopia is that it discounts the vile ability of humans to turn it into the same ugly world they create in every utopia. Jay "
5 " Shit,” hissed past her lips. I couldn’t believe it. “Fucking Freitag. "
6 " If it was up to me, you’d be dead already.” Interesting that he and I were both thinking the same thing. "
7 " Some days I felt invincible, though I had to constantly remind myself that my delusions of invincibility were driven primarily by anger and stupidity. Reluctantly, "
8 " The women are taking over the world. "
9 " It looked like a doomsday prepper and hoarder got married and spread their crap all over the house. The "
10 " You’re more than that,” said Paul. “You’re hope.” I liked Steph a lot, but I wasn’t sure I’d go that far. "
11 " I wanted so badly to kick in his perfectly white, good dental plan teeth. "
12 " History is littered with the fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were "
13 " Murphy laughed. “Oh, God, not another professor. Paul looked a little hurt. “Don’t mind him,” I said. “He doesn’t like big words. "
14 " I reached over and put a hand on her arm. She looked down at it as though I was diseased. "
15 " every time a reader leaves a book review, a crippled monkey gets a free banana. I "
16 " fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were passionate, certain, and wrong. "
17 " People are good and people are bad, sometimes one right after the other, sometimes simultaneously. Sometimes, "
18 " reasonable people often have difficulty anticipating irrationality from unreasonable people. "
19 " History is littered with the fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were passionate, certain, and wrong. "
20 " Sometimes you say shit and you don’t stop to think how it affects other people. "