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this is the best I can do

Cheri pointed at Rase. “It’s important a me. This is just the worse place I ever lived.” She glared at him and he fired up.

“Worse place? How about that dump you was brought up in? And I’d like to see how you save up enough money for a house in town by passin out hot dogs at a school cafeteria o…

—p.33 The Paris Review Book of People with Problems The Wamsutter Wolf (17) by Annie Proulx
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quit while you’re ahead inspo/dialogue

[...] Buddy’s mother, during one of Zane’s visits, had said something about how wonderful it was that Zane was helping preserve the balance of nature, and Zane had made a face and said the balance of nature was a dead dodo.

“Nothing is really balanced. Try to think of it as an ongoing poker game…

—p.17 The Wamsutter Wolf (17) by Annie Proulx
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supercilious

His “area of specialty,” as he called it in a supercilious tone, was wolves

—p.17 The Wamsutter Wolf (17) by Annie Proulx
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torpid

spend his time lying on beds, on chaise lounges and analysts’ couches, torpid and engorged, like a boa that has just swallowed a small rat

—p.5 A Borderline Case (1) by Joanna Scott
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laconic

He knows what the man is thinking, the laconic pansy, a puff out for a joy ride

—p.4 A Borderline Case (1) by Joanna Scott
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