Nelson Algren Quotes
...he said, with sort of a little derisive smile, "How can you walk down the street with all this stuff going on inside you?" I said, "I don't know how you can walk down the street with nothing going on inside you.
Nelson Algren
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Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
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MEN, Charlene said. Leave that to you! Willa quipped.
Ridley Pearson
...he said, with sort of a little derisive smile, "How can you walk down the street with all this stuff going on inside you?" I said, "I don't know how you can walk down the street with nothing going on inside you.
Nelson Algren
