“Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant.”
Source: The God of Small Things
“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
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Daniel Handler
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book
The Slippery Slope
The Slippery Slope (2003)
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