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“I have no memory of climbing the stairs up to the roof. I don't even know how to get where I am, which is a problem since I'm going to have to get down, ideally in a way that doesn't involve dying.”

Book:White Cat

Work

White Cat

This book is a dark fantasy that delves into the complexities of human nature, set in a world where the protagonist, a young man named Cat, grapples with his own identity and the moral choices he must make amidst a backdrop of intrigue and danger. more

Author

Holly Black

Holly Black, born on November 10, 1971, is a renowned fantasy fiction writer from the United States. Her works are known for their unique imagination and profound emotional depth, which have won her a large fan base. more

“I have never been able to understand the complaint that a story is "depressing" because of its subject matter. What depresses me are stories that don't seem to know these things go on, or hide them in resolute chipperness; "witty stories," in which every problem is the occasion for a joke; "upbeat" stories that flog you with transcendence. Please. We're grown ups now.”

Knows Matter Stories Problem Seems Able Subjects Goes On Please Jokes Witty Occasions Depressing Complaints Transcendence Subject Matter Resolute Upbeat

Author:Tobias Wolff

“Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.”

People Littles Made Two Deals Class Noise Charitable

Book:Bleak House

Source: Bleak House

“You know, there's a 12 step program for gambling. You should look into that. Twelve steps. Coyote laughed. I'll bet I can do it in six.”

Knows Should Looks I Can Can Do Steps Six Program Gambling Laughed Twelve I Can Do It Coyotes 12 Step

Author:Christopher Moore

“Like God's own chocolate, I'd lick her shadow off a hot sidewalk”

Shadow Hot Chocolate Sidewalk

Book:Coyote Blue: A Novel

Source: Coyote Blue: A Novel

“It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable.”

Book:Wilde Complete Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; A Woman of No Importance; Salome; The Duchess of Padua; Vera, or the Nihilists; A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane

Source: Wilde Complete Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; A Woman of No Importance; Salome; The Duchess of Padua; Vera, or the Nihilists; A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane

“Guns are always the best method for a private suicide. They are more stylish looking than single-edged razor blades and natural gas has got so expensive. Drugs are too chancy. You might miscalculate the dosage and just have a good time.”

Might Natural Drug Gun Method Suicide Expensive Gas Good Times Blades Having A Good Time Razors Stylish Natural Gas Dosage

Book:Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People

Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People

“Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life.”

Ifs Knows Want Wells Important Courses Beauty Engagement Beauty Of Life

Book:The Importance of Being Earnest

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest

“A cap of good acid costs $5, and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony, with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums.”

Five Holy Cost Singing Universal Dollars Ghost Solo Symphony Acid Caps Holy Ghost

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“The One created us all to be free. To learn. To find common cause with others and to grow stronger and wiser. But the ancient enemy perverts that union of strengths. With the enemy, there is no choice, no freedom. They take. They force a joining of all things, until nothing else remains. --Doroga”