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• When you jump off a cliff, is it better to land on jagged rocks or burning lava? I know this one. The answer is obvious: It doesn't matter where you land. You just jumped off a cliff.

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  Rocks, Land, Burning

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• The ashes of your existence will fertilize the soil for the universe to follow.

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  Soil, Ashes, Existence

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• I can deal with fighting in the arena in Hell, but laundry and dishes put the fear of God in me.

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  Fighting, Arena, Hell

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• Besides, do you think you would have come if I’d just popped into your tattoo shop one night around closing and said, ‘Hello, I’m the Prince of Darkness. Think you could help me out with a little war next Tuesday, say, sixish?

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  Tattoo, War, Thinking

  Richard Kadrey (2007). “Butcher Bird”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

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• The dead think they can get away with anything because you'll feel sorry for them. If you play cards with the dead, make sure you deal and don't let them buy you drinks. They'll slip you a formaldehyde roofie and pry the gold fillings out of your teeth.

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  Sorry, Thinking, Play

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• I seldom feel trapped by my world. Setting up rules and restrictions is part of the process. It gives your world shape. I always look at these things like haiku: you have to work within certain parameters, but within them, you’re completely free.

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  Giving, Looks, World

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• The universe is a meat grinder and we're just pork in designer shoes, keeping busy so we can pretend we're not all headed for the sausage factory. Maybe I've been hallucinating this whole time and there is no Heaven and Hell. Instead of having to choose between God and the devil, maybe our only real choice comes down to link or patty?

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  Real, Shoes, Choices

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• I'd like to think they're staring at me because of my white-hot animal magnetism, but I'm not Elvis. I'm Lobster Boy, hear me roar.

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  Animal, Boys, Thinking

  Richard Kadrey (2012). “Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, Book 2)”, p.36, HarperCollins UK

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• If Jesus was a bartender, He would still only be half as cool as Carlos.

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  Jesus, Half, Bartender

  Richard Kadrey (2012). “Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, Book 2)”, p.24, HarperCollins UK

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• There are two Venices I know about and one of them is a hotel in Vegas. The other is an L.A. beach where pretty girls walk their dogs while wearing as little as possible and mutant slabs of tanned, posthuman beef sip iced steroid lattes and pump iron until their pecs are the size of Volkswagens.

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  Girl, Dog, Beach

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• Chasing a burning girl down a city street is a lot harder than it sounds. Civilians tend to stop and stare and this turns them into human bowling pins. Slow whiny bowling pins.

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  Girl, Cities, Sound

  Richard Kadrey (2012). “Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, Book 2)”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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• I guarantee you I'm not going to forget your voice. We're going to run into each other down the road sometime, and when we do I'm going to pop you apart one rivet at a time." "There's the monster. Hello, monster.

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  Running, Voice, Monsters

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• Let me finish my beer." (Stark) "Of course. The end of the world can wait.(Kasabian)

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  Beer, Waiting, World

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• All losers are romantics. It's what keeps us from blowing our brains out.

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  Sunset, Brain, Loser

  Richard Kadrey (2007). “Butcher Bird”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• If I learned anything Downtown, it's this: the only real difference between an enemy and a friend is the day of the week.

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  Real, Differences, Enemy

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• Twenty percent? What am I, your waiter? I got you five vampires, not a BLT.

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  Vampire, Twenties, Waiter

  Richard Kadrey (2012). “Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, Book 2)”, p.20, HarperCollins UK

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• If his drunkenness had legs, it would be Alexander the Great and conquer the known world. Then it would puke for a week into a solid gold toilet it stole from Zeus's guest room.

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  Gold, Rooms, Would Be

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• ...playing with the Barbie-size keyboard on my new phone. Phones are like toys now. They fit in your pocket, light up and vibrate like joy buzzers. Plus, you can get-I mean, "access"-the Internet and find anything you want. Music. Maps. Porn. Anything. If cell phones came with a cigarette dispenser, they'd be the greatest stupid invention ever.

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  Stupid, Mean, Phones

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• That's what Glocks are. High-precision killing machines that scream "Daddy Issues.

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  Issues, Daddy, Machines

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• Love a man who'll bleed to make a point. (Candy)

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  Men, Candy

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