October 2011
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“We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many...”
– Mona Simpson, A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
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“I would have my secretary do it, but she’s dead.”
– Don Draper, Mad Men
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“Moral of the story: if you’re going to throw a ball on the field to...”
– Joe Buck, MLB World Series, Game 3
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“A few weeks ago, I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif.,...”
– Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs, the authorized biography (via world-shaker)
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“I’m not in geography [class] anymore, just give me the fucking wine.”
– Snooki, Jersey Shore
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“When people get too chummy, I like to call them by the wrong name to let them...”
– Ron Swanson, Parks and Rec
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“That sentence doesn’t even make sense, you may as well be from China.”
– Woman at book signing, Parks and Rec
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“I was a little excited but mostly blorft. “Blorft” is an adjective...”
– Tina Fey, Bossypants
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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly...”
– George Eliot, letter to Miss Lewis, 1 October 1841
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“I trust the great novelists to teach me how to live, how to feel, how to love...”
– Pat Conroy, My Reading Life 