There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.
("The Accidental Tourist")
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I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll be free to get on with my real life.
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Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.
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