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“Of course the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Why do you think the neighbors put up the fence?”
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“Everything edible is fried in Texas! Or it is buried in the ground to cook before it is eaten. ... Texas food should be forbidden! 'The steaks at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!' And they are always afloat in grease. Next morning you are served a smaller steak, which serves as a platform for two fried eggs ... all of this afloat in the same grease! 'Chicken, you say? You bet! Comin' up!' Same grease! They are right. Comin' up! For hours afterwards. I couldn't believe the crust of an apple pie! Same grease!”
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“... how many times would a defendant's lawyer enter the courtroom before a session and ask each of the male clerks and paralegals around me, 'Are you the assistant in charge?' while I sat there invisible to him at the head of the table?”
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“... parents know how to push your buttons, because, hey, they sewed them on.”
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“Gerald's straight, round writing had, to her imagination, a queer totter, like someone running for life in tight shoes.”
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“It is precisely because we cannot see God that we can only know that our prayer is valid by the effect it has upon our lives, by the way we treat our neighbor.”
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“All my life I've always wanted to be somebody. But I see now I should have been more specific.”
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“The human race wished me to accept the limitations with which it had thoughtfully provided me.”