“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at them. Misery was soaked through the place like the old beer soaked through its carpets.”
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“For the miserable find comfort in the philosophy that not on them alone has evil fallen.”
“Move along, pal. I haven't upgraded to misery yet.”
“One should try to be honest with oneself almost as a daily devotion.”
“Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying.”
“It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery.”