Jonathan Lethem - Gun, with Occasional Music (1994)

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Apologies aren't something you want to get in the habit of practicing in the mirror

Jonathan Lethem

Nobody said anything while I opened the bag and took out the egg salad sandwich. It was one of those funny moments when a bit of normal human activity embarrasses everybody out of their bluster and hostility, and roles are momentarily laid aside.

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Some people have things written all over their faces; the big guy had a couple of words misspelled in crayon on his.

Jonathan Lethem

I jotted the name down mentally on that tattered notepad I call a memory. The pen skipped.

Jonathan Lethem

I'd underestimated him. I assumed anyone who started out gut-punching you in an elevator couldn't have all that much else in his arsenal. For instance, I had no idea he could smile, let alone at such an inappropriate time.

Jonathan Lethem

But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps.

Jonathan Lethem