He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world.

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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you...

Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you...

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps...

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...