Naked (1997) (edit title/settings)

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• David Sedaris: The author
• Ya-Ya: David's grandmother, appearing in the story "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out!".
• Veronica: David's friend, sometimes traveling companion
• Miz Uta: Add a description of this character.
• Lisa
• Jon
• Hobbs
• Briggs
• Randolph
• Gretchen
• Lois
• Roberta
• Jacki
• Clarence
• T. W.
• Jason
• Dorothy
• Bob
• Phil
• Einstein
• Odell
• Sharon
• Frank

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• “We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail”

• “I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.”

• “Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common.”

• “Commit. He committed suicide. You don't have a suicide, it has you.”

  Sharon Sedaris

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• In terms of emotional comfort, it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well-made cocktail.

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• You can’t brace yourself for famine if you’ve never known hunger; it is foolish even to try. The most you can do is eat up while you still can, stuffing yourself, shoveling it in with both hands and licking clean the plates, recalling every course in vivid detail.

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• Acting is different than posing or pretending. When done with precision, it bears a striking resemblance to lying.

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• My hands tend to be full enough dealing with people who hate me for who I am. Concentrate too hard on the millions who hate you for what you are and you’re likely to turn into one of those unkempt, sloppy dressers who sag beneath the weight of the two hundred political buttons they wear pinned to their coats and knapsacks. I haven’t got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.

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• There seemed to be some correlation between devotion to God and a misguided zeal for marsh-mallows.

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• Test eye shadow on all the rabbits you want. Strap electrodes to the skulls of rhesus monkeys and shock them into a stupor, but it is inhumane to place a nudist on horseback the day after a chili cook-off. (“Was he always an Appaloosa?”)

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• It would have been all right for him to remain at home for the rest of his life, massaging worry beads and drinking bitter coffee, but to marry a woman with two distinct eyebrows was unpardonable.

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• “What’s wrong with this?” he’d ask. “These pants are brand-new.” “New to you,” she’d say. “Pimps and circus clowns have been dressing that way for years.”

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• I hoped that the warm Mediterranean waters might melt the icicle she seemed to have mistaken for a rectal thermometer.

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• I admitted that, yes, I had “taken” the pencil but I hadn’t really “stolen” it. There was a big difference between the two. You steal the things that you covet while you take the things the original owner is incapable of appreciating. The pencil had spoken to me of its neglect, and I had offered to put it to good use. Taking is just borrowing without the formality.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Raleigh
• North Carolina
• New York
• Oregon
• Chicago
• Portland
• Greece
• Ohio
• San Francisco
• Europe
• California

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. David Sedaris (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Lambda Literary Award (Finalist, 1997: Humor)

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 818.5402

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Entertainment › Humor › Essays
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs

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