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“The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
“I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it was not me.”
― Wives and Daughters
― Wives and Daughters
“Krystal’s slow passage up the school had resembled the passage of a goat through the body of a boa constrictor, being highly visible and uncomfortable for both parties concerned.”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
“It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
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