Skyler White Quotes

#1. The whole island is spotted with derelict cottages and abandoned churches like this one. They sit in pastures as invisible to the Irish as a mother is to a teenage girl.

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#2. Desire denied consumes

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#3. You'll have to excuse Harry. He has what I call 'chauffeured child syndrome.' " "He's been driven all his life?" "That is correct. He has no drive of his own at all.

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#4. Besides, two kinds of people have the courage to make someone else's decisions: the hero, who comes to your rescue when you can't even cry out for help, and the tyrant. The only difference between them is the hero listens. As soon as you can talk, he'll put you down if you say so.

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#5. But he's genuine twenty-first-century and only faking patience.

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#6. Tattooists are the new priests for the fucked-up and the thrown away. They speak the language of symbol, and administer penance in tiny metallic lashes.

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#7. Beliefs are what you know without choosing to. Just believe.

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#8. I meet the answering machine's small, steady stare. "What do you do when God tells you no?" I ask. But it doesn't answer me, so I undress for bed

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