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Going Bovine

Going Bovine
Libba Bray

Going Bovine is a 2009 surreal dark comedy novel by Libba Bray. It follows the experiences of high school junior Cameron Smith as he suffers from transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

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“To live is to love, to love is to live.”

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“Dude, this is a stoner conversation and we're not even high”

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“Ain't that a sight? With all the things we know and learn, we still ain't touched the big mysteries -- where we come from, where we go next, why we even her. And when something truly miraculous happens, we run and hide in our caves. We deny.”

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“I don't think you should die until you're ready. Until you've wrung out every last bit of living you can.”

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“Everything is randomly connected.”

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“You can never know about about your own destiny: are the people you meet there to play a part on your oun destiny, or do you exist just to play a role in theirs?”

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“In a world like this one, only the random makes sense.”

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“Dammit!"
"What?" Gonzo sounds panicked.
"We're out of gas."
"You're Shithenging me."
"I Shithenge you not.”

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“The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rather, it accepts that it is the dark. It is said that even the gods must die." He winks. "But not without one hell of a fight.””

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Source: Going Bovine (2009), p. 365

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“She never utters a sound even when she's crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn't seem right. When you cry, people should hear you. The world should stop.”

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“Who the heck is Don Quick-oats?”

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“Jeez, someone needs to push the reset button on this planet.”

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“Nobody Wants to be themselves. That's why there's tv. -Ephigenia”

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“Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.”

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“You've influenced the world not because you wanted to hug it and cuddle it and call it sweet thing, but because one day you wanted to beat the crap out of somebody but you didn't. You made a painting instead.”

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“If this were a movie, I would bust a secret move so fierce the entire place would be razed to the ground. I'd finish with something snappy like "And don't forget my soda, punk" while I strolled off into the night.”

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“I'm just saying it's not all sand castles and ninjas.”

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“Think: who has vans, huh? Soccer moms and serial killers.”

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