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"Ya got cigarettes? she asks. "Yes, I say,"I got cigarettes. "Matches? she asks."Enough to burn Rome. "Whiskey?"Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain. "You drunk? "Not yet."
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"Reality may not be what you want it to be, but it is the reality you now must face. You can deny this reality and try to wish it away, or you can accept it and not waste any energy on wanting it to be different."
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