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title: "2 Skippy Dies Quotes By Paul Murray"
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> [“Life makes fools of us all sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of grace. In the end, you know, it's our own expectations that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/life-makes-fools-of-us-all-sooner-or-later-but-keep-your-sense-of/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

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> [“Two ghosts, briefly rescued from oblivion; a small act of reclamation, a chance to make amends. -Paul Murray, SKIPPY DIES”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/two-ghosts-briefly-rescued-from-oblivion-a-small-act-of-reclamation-a/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

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## More by Paul Murray

> [“When he gets up he spends an hour kicking and stamping on his French horn so he will not have to play it again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/when-he-gets-up-he-spends-an-hour-kicking-and-stamping-on-his-french/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“Halley believed that a kiss was the beginning of a story, the story, good or bad, short or long, of an us, and once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/halley-believed-that-a-kiss-was-the-beginning-of-a-story-the-story/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“History, in the end, is only another kind of story, and stories are different from the truth. The truth is messy and chaotic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/history-in-the-end-is-only-another-kind-of-story-and-stories-are/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [ “Fascinating ... The whole thing \[the school dance\] seems to work on a similar principle to a supercollider. You know, two streams of opposingly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/fascinating-the-whole-thing-the-school-dance-seems-to-work-on-a/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“His wife is washed up against him, clinging lifelessly to his arm like seaweed, with no pretense of listening to the priest's small talk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/his-wife-is-washed-up-against-him-clinging-lifelessly-to-his-arm-like/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“It doesn’t matter where you go though, nowhere feels big enough to contain you, even if you’re right in the middle of the mall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/it-doesn-t-matter-where-you-go-though-nowhere-feels-big-enough-to/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“-so that for these few moments it actually seems that Ruprecht could be right, that everything, or at least the small corner of everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/so-that-for-these-few-moments-it-actually-seems-that-ruprecht-could/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“Some bruises you wear like badges of honour: when you got it playing rugby, or quad racing, or falling off something while drunk, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/some-bruises-you-wear-like-badges-of-honour-when-you-got-it-playing/)

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> [“For Guido the past, like a Third World country, was merely another resource to be exploited and abandoned when the time comes; and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/for-guido-the-past-like-a-third-world-country-was-merely-another/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“Life makes fools of us all sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/life-makes-fools-of-us-all-sooner-or-later-but-keep-your-sense-of/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“...the greatest victories are therefore never without the shadow of loss; every path you take, no matter how lofty or effulgent, aches not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/the-greatest-victories-are-therefore-never-without-the-shadow-of-loss/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [“The labels on the little bottles and boxes do not tell you which one is the sleeping pill. Instead they have names, long strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/the-labels-on-the-little-bottles-and-boxes-do-not-tell-you-which-one/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [Ignoring is what you are supposed to do with bullies, so they get bored and leave you alone. But the problem in school is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/ignoring-is-what-you-are-supposed-to-do-with-bullies-so-they-get/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [To hear people talk, you would think no one ever did anything but love each other. But when you look for it, when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/to-hear-people-talk-you-would-think-no-one-ever-did-anything-but-love/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

> [Since when has love ever looked for reasons, or evidence? Why would love bow to the reality of things, when it creates a reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/since-when-has-love-ever-looked-for-reasons-or-evidence-why-would/)

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