Carolina QuotesHarry Rowohlt, the fellow who translated my book into German and is reading with me on my tour, told me that when someone on the bus or at a nearby table in a restaurant talks on a cell phone, he likes to lean over and shout, "Come back to bed, I'm freezing."
David Sedaris Connected to the Carolinas
Source
18.05.1999 - p.391
- work
- Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)
- year
- 1977
- locator
- p.391
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“Harry Rowohlt, the fellow who translated my book into German…” David Sedaris. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-180A604025. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/180a604025
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