“If he weren't so damn cute, none of this would have happened.”
“If it weren't for the people, the god-damn people' said Finnerty, 'always getting tangled up in the machinery. If it weren't for them, the world would be an engineer's paradise.”
“This would be really funny if it weren't happening to me.”
“None of our republics would be anything if we weren't all together; but we have to create our own history - history of United Yugoslavia, also in the future.”
“Have you ever seen such an ugly damn cat?” Beckett had said with a wry smile. “Aren’t kittens supposed to be all cute and shit?” He liked this kid.”
“She wished he weren't so damned fit. Running away was a lot harder when the guy you were fleeing kept in such an excellent shape. -Cath Talarico”