Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.
Daniel HandlerI'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.
Daniel HandlerIf an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!"
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