The creak of bed springs suffering under the weight of a restless man is as lonely a sound as I know.
Patrick deWitt...I am happy to welcome you to a town peopled in morons exclusively. Furthermore, I hope that your transformation to moron is not an unpleasant experience.
Patrick deWittYour laughter is like cool water to me," I said. I felt my heart sob at these strange words, and it would not have been hard to summon tears: Strange. " "You are so serious all of a sudden," she told me. "I am not any one thing," I said. (137)
Patrick deWittWhere is your mother, Charlie asked. Dead. Iām sorry to hear that Thank you. But she was always dead.
Patrick deWittReturning his pen to its holder, he told us, 'I will have him gutted with that scythe. I will hang him by his own intestines.' At this piece of dramatic exposition, I could not hep but roll my eyes. A length of intestines would not carry the weight of a child, much less a full grown man.
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