“Moody had no small genius for the art of diplomacy. As a child he had known instinctively that it was always better to tell a partial truth with a willing aspect than to tell a perfect truth in a defensive way. The appearance of cooperation was worth a great deal, if only because it forced a reciprocity, fair met with fair.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“He liked lonely places, because he never really felt alone.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“A woman fallen has no future; a man risen has no past.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“But time and distance is nothing in the face of true affinity...”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“Money is a burden, a burden most keenly felt by the poor.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
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