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Mim has hung up. She has a life to get on with.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
His wife is, it occurs to Harry, a channel that can't be switched. The same slightly too-high forehead, the same dumb stubborn slot of a mouth, day after day, same time, same station.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
"Tell me, Nelson, I'm just curious. How does it feel to have smoked up your parents' house in crack?"
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
He supposes they pretty much have the picture. Most people do, in life. People know more than they let on.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
She closes her eyes and wordlessly thinks of all the misery sex has caused the world...
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
Figure out where you're going before you go there: he was told that a long time ago.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
"Things change," says Mr Shimada. "Is world's sad secret."
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
There is very little thanks in history. Dog eat dog.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
Not his problem. Fewer and fewer things are.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
"Driving is boring," Rabbit pontificates, "but it's what we do. Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went."
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
Weeds don't know they're weeds.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
"The papers exaggerate. They exaggerate everything, just to sell papers. The government exaggerates, to keep our minds off what morons they are."
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
He didn't have a worry in the world back then. He was in paradise and didn't know it.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
This is the last night when he is nowhere. Tomorrow, life will find him again.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
"Whenever somebody tells me to do something my instinct's always to do the opposite. It's got me into a lot of trouble, but I've had a lot of fun."
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
"...Cocaine. The stuff is everywhere."
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
In show business you learn to let it slide off your back. You know, fuck 'em. Otherwise you'd kill yourself.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
God's country. He could have made it smaller and still made the same point.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
But the fast lane too gets to be a rut.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
You don't know what you don't know.
Rabbit at Rest (1990)