Everyone's scared. So scared they can't sleep sometimes. Or eat. Or keep their weight on." "Then why bother playing?" I asked. It was a whisper, this question. "Because. You love the game. You love the people you play with. You love winning, maybe. You love that one moment when you get it right . . . I dunno. Why do you play?" "Because," I whispered, "it's who I am." Sounds like a good reason to me.
Catherine Gilbert MurdockIt was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.
Catherine Gilbert MurdockAnd have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks?
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