Losing hope is not so bad. There's something worse: losing hope and hiding it from yourself.
Walker PercyMaybe there are times when an honest hatred serves us better than love corrupted by sentimentality, meretriciousness, sententiousness, cuteness.
Walker PercyThere is no pain on this earth like seeing the same woman look at another man the way she once looked at you.
Walker PercyOoooh," Kate groans, Kate herself now. "I'm so afraid." "I know." "What am I going to do?" "You mean right now?" "Yes." "We'll go to my car. Then we'll drive down to the French Market and get some coffee. Then we'll go home." "Is everything going to be all right?" "Yes." "Tell me. Say it." "Everything is going to be all right.
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