「Quotes」

Wellington 2022-03-23 09:01:18

「We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.」


「This fucking life... Oh... It's so fucking hard. So long. Life ain't short. It's long. It's long, God damn it. Goddamn. What did I do? What did I do? What did I do? What did I do? What did I do?」


「There are stories of coincidence and chance and intersections and strange things told and which is which and who only knows? And we generally say: "Well, if that was in a movie, I wouldn't believe it." Someone's so-and-so met someone else's so-and-so and so on. And -- it is in the humble opinion of this narrator that strange things happen all the time. And so it goes, and so it goes. And the book says: "We may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us."」


「I mean, the law is the law. And heck if I'm gonna break it. You can forgive someone. Well, that's the tough part. What can we forgive? Tough part of the job.」


「Aimee Mann — Wise Up」

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  • [singing along to Aimee Mann's "Wise Up"]

    Claudia Wilson Gator: It's not / What you thought / When you first began it / You got / What you want / Now you can hardly stand it though / By now you know / It's not going to stop

    Jim Kurring: It's not going to stop / It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up

    Jimmy Gator: You're sure / There's a cure / And you have finally found it

    Quiz Kid Donnie Smith: You think / One drink / Will shrink you 'til you're underground / And living down / But it's not going to stop

    Phil Parma: It's not going to stop

    Earl Partridge: It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up

    Linda Partridge: Prepare a list for what you need / Before you sign away the deed / 'Cause it's not going to stop

    Frank T.J. Mackey: It's not going to stop / It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up / No, it's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up / No, it's not going to stop

    Stanley Spector: So just... give up

  • Narrator: And there is the account of the hanging of three men, and a scuba diver, and a suicide. There are stories of coincidence and chance, of intersections and strange things told, and which is which and who only knows? And we generally say, "Well, if that was in a movie, I wouldn't believe it." Someone's so-and-so met someone else's so-and-so and so on. And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator that strange things happen all the time. And so it goes, and so it goes. And the book says, "We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us."