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"Cut corners and it'll always come back to bite you in the ass." That was one of her sayings.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
Her face was like the weather in one of those places with no discernible seasons.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
If finding an apartment is like falling in love, buying one is like proposing on your first date and agreeing not to see each other until the wedding.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
It was insulting to be told not to take too much of something you didn't really want in the first place.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
I never went into their apartment, but what I saw from the door was pretty rough - not simply messy or chaotic, but hopeless, the lair of a depressed person.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
"It wouldn't have made any difference," my mother said. "A woman like that, the way she sees it she's a victim. Everyone against her, no matter what."
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
I can't seem to fathom that the things important to me are not important to other people as well, and so I come off sounding like a missionary, someone whose job it is to convert rather than listen.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
In the coming years our father would continue to promise what he couldn't deliver, and in time we grew to think of him as an actor auditioning for the role of a benevolent millionaire. He'd never get the part but liked the way the words felt in his mouth.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
He took a sip of my father's weak coffee and spit it back into the mug. "This shit's like making love in a canoe."
"Excuse me?"
"It's fucking near water."
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
What really interests me are the local gun laws. Can I carry a concealed weapon and, if so, under what circumstances? What's the waiting period for a tommy gun? Could I buy a Glock 17 if I were recently divorced or fired from my job?
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)