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3 years, 3 months ago

excuse me, but I do have my principles

The condom case was empty, of course, so I looked out the box of Sharpshooters. Who needs it, I thought. You'll be coming blood, if anything.

It, too, was empty.

'Damn. None left.'

'No,' said Rachel. There was one. I saw it this afternoon. There were two there.'

In a voice that could ha…

—p.208 The Rachel Papers Twenty to: the dog days (199) by Martin Amis
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3 years, 3 months ago

the real supply is elsewhere

Eight twenty-five. After some neck-ricking soixante-neuf and a short period inside her unsheathed, I clawed at the little pink holder and took its final trojan. — Not to worry, because this is my equivalent of a flash cigarette-case; the real supply is elsewhere.

—p.206 Twenty to: the dog days (199) by Martin Amis
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3 years, 3 months ago

if she thought I was fucking her on the cheap

Ur? What can she mean? She talks as if she's filling in a form. 'What about me ?' I want to yodel. How do you think my body feels, wearing that sliver of bathroom? (It's unpractically pricey, too. A week after The Pull I had to lone up to Soho and buy a gross-pack of 'Sharpshooters' - economy d…

—p.192 Twenty past: 'Celia shits' (the Dean of St Patrick's) (169) by Martin Amis
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3 years, 3 months ago

in order to depress my fellow-candidates

Throughout, I stabilized myself with lots of examsmanship, in order to depress my fellow-candidates. I would laugh out loud on my first glance at the questions, trot up happily for more paper with only half an hour gone, drift through the crowd afterwards murmuring phrases like '... a breeze ... ca…

—p.189 Twenty past: 'Celia shits' (the Dean of St Patrick's) (169) by Martin Amis
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3 years, 3 months ago

placed at the mercy of my spontaneous self project/panopticon

Right then. You're okay, but you're callow and vain and you simper too much and your personality is little more than an aggregate of junior affectations, all charming, only without weight, without substance. For example: you wouldn't lie to DeForest about the Blake thing, yet you lied to your mot…

—p.183 Twenty past: 'Celia shits' (the Dean of St Patrick's) (169) by Martin Amis