“Smart, educated people is what I miss in Santa Fe.”
—A man talking with a friend in the magazine section of downtown Borders

One guy to another who is reading:
“That’s a good book; have you seen the movie?”
“No, what’s it about?”
—Overheard at Corazón

“They’re always flying these flags at half-mast—why don’t they just make the flagpoles shorter?”
—One state worker to another in front of the Bataan Memorial Building

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