CarrollBlog 7.6
After the dust had cleared at the end of their affair, clarity replaced the lies and exaggeration that come when something important is finished but we don't want to admit it yet. When the honesty returned, he recognized that even at its best, their relationship had been like the mediocre free shampoo available in hotel rooms. Thin and unsatisfying, it smells both sweet but weird. You can never get a good lather from it, nor do you feel like your hair is really clean after using it.
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One of life's real disappointments is discovering most people look better clothed than naked.
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Coincidentally, two friends wrote in describing signs they saw homeless people holding as they stood on the sidewalk.
One read "My wife has been kidnapped. I am 98 cents short of the ransom money. Can you help?"
The other-- "A chubby, middle aged woman that I see every weekend at a corner of Union Square with a sign that reads "tired of prostitution. please spare whatever you can so i don't have to go back to the streets".