Tips for the Living Every man is a card, sent spinning into the world by that one Dealer with no tells.
If you look sharp, you’ll see that every life turns on a few big hands. You’ll be going along just like always and then something will tip you off—a clock ticking backwards, say, or a suicide king just staring at you funny. A blind man talking to angels only he can see.
You’ll look around the table, and you’ll see the same eight players: The Banker and the Sheriff, the Killer and the Kid. The Gambler, the Preacher, the Half-breed and the Drunk. One of them will be the Devil, and that’s what does us in, us Browns, because when you scare us we play smart: we play tight. But the tighter you play the Devil, the more you’re gonna lose.
The only way to beat the Devil is to go all in.
Tips for the Dead Never rest. Never rest. Never rest.
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