Laurence Quotes

• Actually, Laurence is hardly ever home; this is the first I’ve seen him in weeks. Which can only mean one thing: Red Dwarf marathon.

  

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  • Home
  • Marathon
  • Red Dwarf

• While Laurence was talking, a Tater Tot hit him in the head, but he just kept talking as if nothing had happened.

  

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  • Talking
  • Head
  • Hit

• Booze really was medicinal, after a near-death experience. Holding a drink in both hands and letting it corrode the topmost layer of his mouth and throat, Laurence felt a spiritual relationship with Bushmills.

  

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  • Relationship
  • Spiritual
  • Booze

• LAURENCE AND SERAFINA went to an organic burger place, locally sourced, etc., and Serafina talked about her emotional robots. “You won’t believe the heuristics. They recognize faces, but also they recognize each face’s habitual emotional

  

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  • Emotional
  • Robots
  • Talked

• When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.

  

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  • Understand
  • Old
  • Liked

• “Um, yeah,” Laurence said. “Good choice.” Now she was checking out Laurence’s wrist. “Hey. That’s a two-second time machine, isn’t it?” “Um, yeah,” Laurence said. “Cool. I have one too.” She showed him.

  

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  • Laurence
  • Wrist
  • Time Machine

• Laurence dwelled on this linguistic injustice

  

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  • Injustice
  • Laurence
  • Linguistic

• Laurence felt a weird combination of shame and rage, as though he'd grown another new body part just in time to get punched in it.

  

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  • Shame
  • Felt
  • Rage

• On the long drive home, Laurence tuned out his parents explaining to him that life isn’t an adventure, for chrissake, life is a long slog and a series of responsibilities and demands. When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.

  

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  • Understand
  • Old
  • To Do

• Laurence kept sneaking looks under the table at his propped-open copy of Have Space Suit - Will Travel. He was already halfway through the book.

  

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  • Book
  • Travel
  • Laurence

• “Laurence?” “Yeah.” He shrugged. And then his eyes grew. “Patricia?” “Yeah.” “Oh, cool. It’s good to, uh, see you again. How have you been?”

  

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  • Good
  • See
  • Again