Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.
Daniel HandlerBesides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your enemies, one of the most unpleasant experiences in life is a job interview.
Daniel HandlerWicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.
Daniel HandlerEveryone on earth would never starve and forever find love and happiness, since we won, but if weโd lost, they would have gouged out our eyes and thrown us naked onto hot coals and poisonous snakes for all the cheering and hugging at the end, strangers hugging like the end of The Omega Virus when Steve Sturmine finds the antidote.
Daniel HandlerComposerโ is a word which here means โa person who sits in a room, muttering and humming and figuring out what notes the orchestra is going to play.โ This is called composing. But last night, the Composer was not muttering. He was not humming. He was not moving, or even breathing. This is called decomposing.
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