My mother by then had already begun her own decline, her own transformation, hardening into a bitter rind of a woman who pushed through the stations of her day as though each moment were unpleasant duty; as though the currencies of joy had become so inflated they could no longer purchase anything of worth.

James Sallis


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Rina’s always claimed that I expect too little from life,” Standard said.
“Then at least you’ll never be disappointed.

James Sallis

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Everything’s interesting. You just have to look closely.”
“And most people don’t.

James Sallis

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Bombs fall and wipe out civilization as we know it, two things come up out of the ashes: roaches and F-150s.

James Sallis


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Driver had the keys bunched in his hand, one braced and protruding between second and third fingers. Stepping directly forward, he punched his fist at alpha dog's windpipe, feeling the key tear through layers of flesh, looking down as he lay gasping for air.

James Sallis


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My old man was eighty-six per cent white bread and a hundred per cent asshole.

James Sallis


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You're not very good at this, are you?'
'At what I do, I'm the best. This isn't what I do.

James Sallis


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That you're Borges.' Manny laughed. 'Of course you are, you dumb shit. That's the whole point.

James Sallis


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Something radically new, the producer tells me. Think Virginia Woolf with dead bodies and car chases.

James Sallis


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We're professionals. People make deals, they need to stick to them. That's the way it works, if it's going to work at all.

James Sallis

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