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I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.

Patrick deWitt

Compliment, Unusual, Closest

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.8, Granta Books

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He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.

Patrick deWitt

Thinking, Lazy, Be Good

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.43, Granta Books

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Do you know how much a hundred dollars is?' he asked. I said that I did not and he answered, 'It is a hundred dollars.

Patrick deWitt

Dollars, Hundred, Said

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.75, Granta Books

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Your 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)

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Laughter, Heart, Water

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Mayfield said, "You asked what I was thinking. Well, I will tell you. I was thinking that a man like myself, after suffering such a blow as you men have struck on this day, has two distinct paths he might travel in his life. He might walk out into the world with a wounded heart, intent on sharing his mad hatred with every person he passes; or, he might start out anew with an empty heart, and he should take care to fill it up with only proud things from then on, so as to nourish his desolate mind-set and cultivate something positive or new.

Patrick deWitt

Heart, Blow, Men

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.105, Granta Books

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...things I had come to find humor in would make your honest man swoon.

Patrick deWitt

Men, Honest, Honest Man

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.134, Granta Books

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Work will drive you crazy if you let it.

Patrick deWitt

Crazy, Ifs

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Where is your mother, Charlie asked. Dead. I’m sorry to hear that Thank you. But she was always dead.

Patrick deWitt

Mother, Sorry, Charlie

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.62, Granta Books

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I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It was a head that invited violence.

Patrick deWitt

Boys, Violence, Clout

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.72, Granta Books

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...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 deWitt

Towns, Welcome, Transformation

Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.112, Granta Books

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