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Originally Posted by Semantics

Dad was a man who, due to his underprivileged background perhaps, never hesitated when it came to
the verbs to get or to take. He was always getting something off the ground, his act together,
his hands dirty, the show on the road, someone’s goat, the message, out more, on with things, lost, laid,
away with murder. He was also always taking charge, the bull by the horns, back the night, something
in stride, someone to the cleaners, a rain check, an ax to something, Manhattan. And when it came to
looking at things, Dad was something of a Compound Microscope, one who viewed life through an
adjustable eyepiece lens and thus expected all things to be in focus. He had no tolerance for The
Murky, The Blurry, The Hazy or The Soiled.

–Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marisha Pessl

So very Clever, thank you for sharing this. I love it