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Phil McCrackin
@zippy
muppet: Most Useless Police Person Ever Trained. Generally used affectionately.
Susie Dent • Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain
A Little Princess (greatest vindication story ever), The Golden Compass (greatest animal character ever), and Little Women
Gretchen Rubin • Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life
Why are people such slobs? I would wonder, loading feverish linens from Testa’s of Bar Harbor into my machines. Why are people such fucking slobs?
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
“Rhett, I’m going to stop you right there. You have been my friend for a long time. My mentor for even longer. My dad loved you, and I do too. But so help me, if you keep talking about this current situation like it’s a burden, it will become difficult to stay friends with you.”
Elsie Silver • Reckless
“Nothing screams Thug like a man who goes about in the winter without a coat, Ham. You’ve used your clothing to change how people react to you, to let them know who you are and what you represent—which is essentially what a uniform does.”
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
A donkey of a dog.
Mick Jackson • The Underground Man
“Don’t be a sheep, Mr. Poitier. Be anything, be a deer or a squirrel, a beaver or a gnu, but don’t be a sheep.” “Okay.” “Be a gecko or a platypus. Be a panther or a sparrow, but not a sheep. Promise me that.” “Okay.”