Bars Quote by Lawrence Block

“Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.”

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If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

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“She made love with the freshness of an impatient virgin and the ingenuity of a sex-scarred whore.”

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“that would have hidden the decades of filth that had left their stamp upon the wooden floor.”

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And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

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I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.

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“Your unconscious mind takes the things you can’t handle and plays with them while you sleep until some of the sharp corners are worn…

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Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.

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I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on.

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“My crime seemed destined to remain a secret forever.”

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“you have a better chance to get pregnant if you keep your knees way up and stay that way as long as you can.”

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