Colin, Hassan and Lindsey do their first interview of Starnes. Hassan fakes a hilarious asthma attack and Colin resists the urge to call Katherine.
memorable lines:
page 83:
"'Anyway, I didn't go off to the war because I shot off two of my toes because I'm a coward. I'm an old man so I can tell you that frankly. I wasn't afraid of war, you know. War never scared me. I just didn't want to go all the way-hell over there to fight one. I had a reputation after that - I pretended I shot myself by accident, but everyone knew. I never did lose that reputation, but now most everyone is dead, and ya'll ain't got any stories from them, so you have to believe mine by default: They were cowards, too. Everyone is."
{I like the honesty of Starnes. I love how he says that everyone has to believe him, because everyone else is dead. It's so blunt but so like his character to say that.}
page 94:
"'And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer...'"
"'Schadenfreude,' Colin said. Finding pleasure in others' pain."
page 96:
"That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles: getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring. They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afterward, you're devastated and they're relieved; it's over for them and just starting for you.
{I've never been in a relationship (as i don't mind admitting) but this seems to be a way to think of it. I've seen enough relationships to relate to this.}
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