Where Every Cockroach has a Screenplay

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Life is an unbroken succession of false situations. – Thornton Wilder

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. – Vladimir Nabokov

A big hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup. – Raymond Chandler (about L.A.)

L.A.: where there’s never weather, and walking is a crime. L.A.: where the streetlights and palm trees go on forever, where darkness never comes, like a deal that never goes down, a meeting that’s never taken. The city of angels: where every cockroach has a screenplay and even the winos wear roller skates. It’s that kind of town. _ Ian Shoales

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. – Stephen Leacock

When we want to read of the deeds that are done for love, whither do we turn? To the murder column. – George Bernard Shaw

It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money, for instance. – Henri De Regnier

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