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I had one elegantly folded cookie-”a short paper nerve baked in an ear.

I had one elegantly folded cookie-”a short paper nerve baked in an ear.
– Lorrie Moore

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  3. Yes, his ear. I was attracted to his ear. While I was in church. I’m pretty sure that solidifies my position as the weirdest person on the planet. – Amanda Hamm
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  7. The turkeys I eat are raised on farms. They’re different. They’ve signed on the dotted line. – Lorrie Moore
  8. Marriage, she felt, was a fine arrangement generally, except that one never got it generally. One got it very, very specifically. – Lorrie Moore
  9. Through college she had been a feminist-”basically: she shaved her legs, but just not often enough, she liked to say. – Lorrie Moore
  10. But it would be like going to Heaven and not finding any of your friends there. Her life would go all beatific and empty in the eyes. – Lorrie Moore
  11. Anyone who’s read all of Proust plus The Man withour Qualities is bound t be missing out on a few other titles. – Lorrie Moore
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  19. Life plots elegantly. – Alice Randall
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