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41 " All he knows is that he has done exactly what he was supposed to do. "
― William Lashner , The Barkeep
42 " START "
43 " squeeze a pomegranate in a juicer, heat the juice enough to mix in an equal amount of sugar, and then for each cup of juice, add an ounce of pomegranate molasses and half a teaspoon of orange-blossom water. "
44 " At my age, the only time I don’t have to pee is when I’m peeing. "
45 " of things, mute specters haunting the dramas of seduction "
46 " The craving became almost unbearable, and he felt his heart break with the wanting. "
47 " And then he would come. To his senses. For who knew better than Justin Chase where all of that emotional attachment would lead. The holding would devolve into a jealous clench, the loving would become a bitter chain around both their necks, the possession would turn into soul-killing ownership, the sun-dappled future would darken, the spawn would die, and there would be nothing left but the misery and the pain. "
48 " With all the world’s uncertainties and injustices, with all the doubt that piles around us like dead leaves in an autumn storm, you remain so sure of your truths. It must be comforting to be so sure. "
49 " IF YOU WANT A DOG TO STOP KISSING YOU, turn your head away silently like another dog. "
50 " It was dirty and grown-up and transgressive and thrilling in its perverse little way, all the things I couldn’t help being attracted to, being as I’m nothing myself if not perverse. "